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India heading for second Test win

NEW DEHLI, India -- First innings destroyer Anil Kumble took two wickets in one over as Sri Lanka tumbled towards defeat in the second Test against India in New Dehli on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka were 123 for five wickets at the close of the fourth and penultimate day, chasing an unlikely 436 runs for victory.

Earlier, India declared their second innings on 375 for six, adding 138 runs for the loss of just one wicket from their overnight score.

Kumble removed Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu for a defiant 67 and Malinga Bandara for a duck to trigger a collapse by the tourists in the final session of the day.

Atapattu added 79 runs for the second wicket with Kumar Sangakkara, who made 33, after opener Avishka Gunawardene was out for nine.

Off spinner Harbhajan Singh dismissed Thilan Samaraweera for a duck in the penultimate over, leaving Mahela Jayawardene, the last experienced batsman, unbeaten on nine.

India earlier piled on the runs, Yuvraj Singh finishing unbeaten on 77 and Mahendra Dhoni on 51 following a breezy 104-run unbroken seventh-wicket partnership before captain Rahul Dravid declared in the afternoon session.

The 24-year-old Yuvraj, recalled to the side when opener Virender Sehwag withdrew due to illness, smacked 10 fours and dug in for 15 minutes short of four hours for his second Test fifty.

Wicketkeeper Dhoni, playing in only his second Test, struck two sixes and five fours in his maiden half century.

Irfan Pathan had top-scored with a career-best 93 and Dravid contributed 53 to help India gain the upper hand on day three.

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