Sri Lanka paceman Prasad to miss second India test
Published on Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 16:41 | Source : Reuters
Updated at Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 16:48
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Sri Lanka paceman Prasad to miss second India test
Injured Sri Lanka paceman bowler Dhammika Prasad will miss the second test against India starting on Tuesday but opener Tillekaratne Dilshan will play despite suffering a broken nose.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also passed fit after a finger injury forced team management to call up fellow wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik as cover.
After seven batsmen stroked hundreds on a flat Ahmedabad pitch, both sides hoped the Green Park surface would aid bowlers.
"There is a bit more grass, but it appears dry underneath," Sangakkara said.
Dhoni added: "The weather is cool so the fast bowlers will get help in the mornings and at some point reverse swing will also come into action. The wicket will also break."
Sri Lanka have not won any of their 15 tests in India since 1982, but held the early advantage in Ahmedabad after left-arm Chanaka Welegedara helped reduce India to 32-4 on the first morning.
He defended world record wicket taker Muralitharan, 37, whose form is a worry after failing to impress in the first test.
"I don't see him as struggling. He is finding himself in a new way in the series," he said. "When you got a legend in your side you got to depend on him but there will always be expectations."
