Pollard continued to blazeaway, and was badly dropped by Harmison off Batty before the Durham man made amends with a successful catch to give Anderson a second wicket.
Sangakkara was out off the last ball of the innings attempting an optimistic second run, and might have been an anxious man while watching Virender Sehwag - who fired a 254-ball 293 for India in the second Test last week - and Gambhir blazeaway at the top of the innings.
It was the third fire of the night in the city of about 66, 000 people and struck shortly after firefighters fought another blaze about a half-mile away.