Epic Battle

What drama! The coin is tossed, but there is some confusion after Dhoni appears to have won.

The two agree for a retoss and Sanga makes the right call, choosing to bat first.

The fans are out in full force and the Wankhede is a sea of blue.

And all eyes are on this man -- will he get his 100th 100 and lead India to their second World Cup win. Wel'll have to wait for the second innings to find out.

This will be the last great battle between Lankan legend Murali and the Mumbai Maestro.

The who's who of business, entertainment and politics descend on the Wankhede.

Dishan hits two boundaries off a Sreesanth over as Lanka get off to an unusually slow start.

Zaheer gets Tharanga in his third over -- his 20th scalp of the tournamnet. The left-arm pacer had bowled three maiden overs in his five-over opening spell to tighten the screws on Lankan openers. He is now one wicket short of the tournament top spot.

Skipper Sangakkara and Dilshan put their head down to drop anchor as Lankans look to rebuild. An unusually solid Indian fielding does not give an inch, as Yuvraj, Raina, Zaheer and Sreesanth make acrobatic saves to stop certain boundaries.

Sreesanth is tonked around the park by the Lankan batsmen as he concedes 33 runs in his first five overs.

Dhoni hands the ball to Harbhajan, who gets a breakthrough in his second over when he bowls Dilshan behind his legs for 33. The Lankan score stands at 60-2 after 16.3 overs.

Sangakkara is joined by vetearn warhorse Mahela Jayawardene and the two most experienced Lankan batsmen set about the job of pushing the score along at a brisk pace. Another wicket here could expose their untested middle-order.

Sanga is playing a captain's knock here, with former skipper Jayawardene, pushing the score past 100.

But his innings is cruelly cut short two short of a well-deserved half-century, when he edges a Yuvraj delivery and is caught behind by his Indian counterpart Dhoni. Lankans look in some trouble with the score at 122-3 in 28 overs.

Yuvraj's golden arm has done the trick once again this tournament -- Sanga's all-important scalp is his 14th wicket of the World Cup. Considering his contribution with the bat, he's the one to watch for the Man of the Series trophy.

Thilan Samaraweera joins Jayawardene as the former skipper racks up another vital half-century. They need to stay put in the middle for a while if Lanka must to get to a competitive score.

Samaraweera falls after a fifty-run stand with his captain. Yuvraj traps him LBW -- turned down by the umpire, but confirmed by DRS.

Zaheer claims all-rounder Kapugedara -- who is playing the first game of this tournament, replacing Angelo Mathews -- for just one run. Zak has become the joint leading wicket-taker of the World Cup.