Galle Test

·         On August 1, 2008 in Test No. 1884, played at Galle International Stadium, the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka bowled out India at 329 (Mendis 28-1-117-6)

·         Sehwag scored 61.09% of India's total runs

·         It was11th in the all-time list and the third-highest for India in a completed innings. Only VVS Laxman (167 out of 261 against Australia in 2000) and Mohinder Amarnath (60 out of 97 against West Indies in 1976) have scored a higher percentage.

Mission IAS’2009

·         Sehwag became second Indian, 42nd in world, batsman carrying his bat in Tests. Sunil Gavaskar had done it in 1983 against Pakistan, scoring 127 out of 286.

·         His last 11 Test hundreds have all been 150-plus scores.

·         His 201 no was his 5th double century, 11th Test 150-plus

·         Harbhajan (4-71) restricted Lanka to 215/5

·         Galle  is situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo.

·         Galle was known as Gimhathiththa (although Ibn Batuta in the 14th century refers to it as Qali) before the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century, when it was the main port on the island.

·         Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, before the arrival of the British, who developed the harbor at Colombo.

·         On 26 December 2004 the city was devastated by the massive Boxing Day Tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that occurred a thousand miles away, off the coast of Indonesia. Thousands were killed in the city alone.