India were in firm control of the second Test in Kanpur on day two. A brilliant knock of 144 runs and fifties from VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh propped up India's total to 642 runs. Zaheer Khan picked up Tillakaratne Dilshan's wicket of his very first ball and added to Lanka's woes in the Test match.

Kanpur: Rahul Dravid's knock of 144 runs in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Kanpur was his 28th Test hundred. The Bangalorean is now just one short equalling of Don Bradman's record of 29 Test centuries.

India won the toss as well as the day one honours in the Kanpur Test. The openers put on a partnership of 233 runs for the first wicket with both Sehwag and Gambhir smashing centuries. The pitch offered no help to the bowlers and the Lankan spinners bled runs. Muralitharan struggled and Mendis looked pedestrian.

Kanpur: Opener Gautam Gambhir Tuesday earned a rare distinction by becoming the third Indian batsman after Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid to score four consecutive Test centuries.

Kanpur: Opener Gautam Gambhir Tuesday earned a rare distinction by becoming the third Indian batsman after Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid to score four consecutive Test centuries.

Kanpur: Gautam Gambhir (167) and Virender Sehwag (131) were the architects of India's unrelenting dominance as the hosts batted themselves into a position from where they can dictate terms in the second cricket Test againsr Sri Lanka here today.

Kanpur: India were 131 for no loss at lunch on the first day of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka at Green Park stadium here.

Kanpur: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni backed his bowlers ahead of the second cricket test against Sri Lanka that starts here.