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Of course, it was never always smooth-sailing. In that innings against Pakistan at Chennai, it was he who brought the side to the doorsteps of a win and then got out to a stroke that he would probably have replayed over and over in the ensuing years. That the game was against Pakistan made it even more difficult to swallow for the player, his team and for the Indian fans the world over.

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India’s chances of leveling the series suffered a serious blow as its opening batsman 28-year old Delhi batsman, Gautam Gambhir was ruled out for the third Test starting tomorrow at the P S Sara Oval, Colombo. Gambhir had missed the second Test owing to a knee injury.

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The Test series is fast approaching the mid-point of the series, and the Indians look to have been beaten in almost all the sessions of the games so far. The first Test match was far too easily won by Sri Lanka, despite 120 overs being lost due to rain, whereas the second Test match looks to be going only one way – away from India.

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Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the second Test match between India and Sri Lanka that will be played at the SSC in Colombo. Malinga complained of a sore knee and that is why he has been ruled out, which means that two of the best bowlers that Sri Lanka had from the previous game, Malinga and Muralitharan will not feature in the second Test match.

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India play Sri Lanka in the first Test match of the three match series from Sunday. This piece previews the chances of both the sides.

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India continues to suffer from injury blows and this is even before a ball has been bowled in the series so far. If it is was Zaheer Khan earlier, now was the chance of S Sreesanth to be injured and return back to India leaving the side crippled and without too much experience in the side.

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India play Sri Lanka in the three Test match series that starts from the 18th of July at Galle. Here are strengths and weaknesses for both the sides for that series:

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