When you want Tests to come to life, you can not give the audiences an inconsequential match! You can not give the audiences a pitch, that would not cracked had another entire test match could be played there!
But sadly, that was what was on offer at Motera for the First Test of Sri Lanka Tour of India, and we got the result in the form of the Score Line reading 0-0, with the teams going to Kanpur for the next match, beginning from March 24!
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There is nothing that any of the two teams can take from this match, with conceding a similar point to the opposition!
While Sri Lanka dominated the 1st session, India bounced back in 2 and 3, giving the
Day 1 upper hand to India!
Day 2 and
Day 4 were interestingly poised, while
Day 3 was advantage Sri Lanka!
When the first 4 days of the match get divided so evenly, it is only fair that the match ends in a draw! There is no advantage that any of the teams can take into Kanpur! Psychological or other wise!
Impact Player of the Match:In a match that created no impact on the series, there were 7 players who came up with centuries!
Tendulkar, Dhoni, Gambhir, Dilshan, M Jayawardene, P Jayawardene, and Dravid were the 7 players who took the wonderful chance of improving their already inflated records!
Hence, choosing one player who created an impact on the match is a little difficult!
I would still like to go with
Rahul Dravid! While Mahela came up with a 275, and never let Sri

Lanka face any trouble batting, RD came up with a very special innings of 177, when India were 32/4! It has been RD's bane, that when he comes with a Very Special knock, there is somebody who comes with a Very Very Special knock!
But still, I would still stick to choosing Rahul Dravid! Had it not been for him, this would not have been such an inconsequential match! With out his innings, Sri Lankans would have been so much happy!
And a special mention for
Sachin Tendulkar! For crossing 30,000 runs in International Cricket!For scoring 43rd century!