India got a lucky break as Lankan skipper Jayasuriya was run out by Dighe after scoring 3. Ganguly then coming in to ball got rid if Sangakkara caught by Ramesh for 31. The Indian captain Saurav Ganguly won the toss and put Sri Lanka in to bat in the second cricket test match in Kandy.

India has made one change with Harvinder Singh replacing the injured Javagal Srinath. Sri Lanka has retained the same players which defeated India in the first Test at Galle.
Earlier, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly won the toss and sent Sri Lanka to bat in the second cricket Test at the Asgiriya stadium here on Wednesday Teams: India: Saurav Ganguly (Capt), Shiv Sunder Das, Sadagopan Ramesh, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Kaif, Hemang Badani, Sameer Dighe, Venkatesh Prasad, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Harvinder Singh. 12th man: Rahul Sanghvi
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya (Capt), Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, Russel Arnold, Hashan Tillekaratne, Chaminda Vaas, Suresh Perera, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ruchira Perera. 12th man: Thilan Samaraweera.
Bureau Report