India move up to 2 in the ICC test rankings

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India played with Sri Lanka in a 3 match test series in India.The 1st match of the series was scheduled to begin on december 2,2005,but the 1st 3 days and more
than half of the 4th day were abandoned due to rain and poor ground conditions.The match began on the 4th day.Sehwag scored 36 of just 28 balls.India were all out for 167.This was India's lowest score against Sri Lanka in tests ever.Chaminda Vaas took 4-20.For Sri Lanka,Mahela Jayawardene scored 71.At stumps on Day5 Sri Lanka were 167-4.Kumble took 3-41.The match ended in a draw,Chaminda Vaas being the man of the match. 2nd test was played at New Delhi which began on 10 December,2005.India won the toss and decided
to bat first.In the 1st innings,Tendulkar scored a century and broke Sunil Gavaskar's record of
34 centuries with his 35.He scored 109.India were all out for 290.Muralitharan took 7-100.Sri
Lanka were all out for 230.Atapattu scored 88.umble took 6-72.India,with a lead of 60 runs scored 375-6 declared.Pathan scored 93 and Sir Dravid scored 53.Vaas took 2-65.Sri Lanka were set a target of 436 runs,but in the 2nd innings they were all out for only 247.Atapattu and Jayawardene scored 67 each.Kumblke took 4-85 and this match became his 9th 10 wicket match.He was named the man of the match for taking 10 wickets in the match.India were leading the series at that time 1-0.3rd test was played at Ahmedabad which began on 18 December,2005.Sir Dravid had to miss this match as he was suffering from gastroentiritis.He has played 96 consecutive tests for India since his debut.In the 3rd test,India won the toss and decided to bat first.India were all out for 398.Laxman scored 104 and Pathan scored 82.Muralitharan and Malinga took 3 wickets each.In their 1st innings,Sri Lanka were all out for 206,Dilshan scored 65.Harbhajan Singh took 7-62.India still had a lead of 191 runs.In their 2nd innings,India scored 316-9 declared.Yuvraj Singh scored 75 runs of just 83 balls.Muralitharan and Bandara took 3 wickets each.Sri Lanka had to make 509 runs to win the match and draw the series,but they fell on 249.Mahela Jayawardene scored 57.Kumble took 5-89.Harbhajan Singh took 3 wickets and this became a 10-wicket match for him.India won the match by a good 259 runs and also won the series 2-0.Harbhajan Singh was named the man of the match while Anil Kumble was named the man of the series.After wiinning this test series,India have moved up to 2nd place in the ICC test rankings pushing England down to 3rd.