On this graveyard of a pitch, we witnessed a tale of two innings. India prised out four wickets in the first 12 overs, three of them to Ishant Sharma, and then their spinners did the boa-constrictor job, but in between the two phases of Indian dominance, an innings of astonishing brutality from Sanath Jayasuriya threatened to wrench the match from their grasp. His 114-ball 125, and a 131-run partnership with Tillaka