First it was V.Sehwag (201 not out runs) who helped India to post a comparative total in the first inning and then Harbhajan Singh run through the Sri Lankan top orders by picking up four crucial wickets to reduce Sri Lanka at 215/5 with M.Jayawardne batting on 46 not out with wicketkeeper batsman H.Jayawardne (5 runs). When Sri Lankan inning started it was Zaheer Khan who strikes with his third