GALLE: Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, playing his final Test, stands one wicket away from becoming the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets as India fight to stave off defeat in the series opener.
India went to lunch on the final day Thursday at 292-8 in their second innings, with a 48-run second innings lead.
V.V.S. Laxman scored a stubborn 58 not out.
Muralitharan needed eight wickets in his final test to reach the 800 mark. After five in the first innings, he had taken two in the second. He trapped Harbhajan Singh lbw on Thursday for his 799th wicket.
However seamer Lasith Malinga had bowled best for the hosts, returning 5-48.
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