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India beat Sri Lanka, seal the Test series 2-1
Highlights
India grabbed two key wickets on the fifth morning to step closer to a series-winning victory in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday.
India grabbed two key wickets on the fifth morning to step closer to a series-winning victory in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday.
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The hosts, set a tough victory target of 386, moved from their overnight score of 67-3 to 134-5 in their second innings by lunch on the final day at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
Here are the live updates.
Post-lunch session:
The duo of Angelo Mathews and Kusal Perera displayed tremendous determination and frustrated the Indian bowlers who were searching for wickets.
While Mathews was cautious, Perera did not mind playing his shots whenever he saw an opportunity to do so. Following Thirimanne’s dismissal, the Perera-Mathews partnership quashed India’s hopes to knock out Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan skipper brought up his hundred while Perera completed his second half-century of the game.
WICKET! Kusal Perera threw his wicket away immediately after the drinks-interval. He tried to reverse-sweep Ashwin and Rohit made no mistake holding onto an easy catch at backward point.
Pre-lunch session:
Skipper Angelo Mathews kept Sri Lanka's hopes alive of forcing a draw with an unbeaten 56. Kusal Perera was the other batsman at the crease on 12, with Sri Lanka needing 252 more runs to win.
WICKET! Sri Lanka added seven runs to their overnight score when they lost opener Kaushal Silva for 27, caught at mid-wicket by Cheteshwar Pujara attempting to hook Umesh Yadav.
Mathews and Thirimanne managed to keep Indian bowlers at bay for a while with a 33-run stand from 101 balls.
WICKET! Left-hander Lahiru Thirimanne made 12 when an alert Lokesh Rahul at silly point pounced on the ball and held it on second attempt as a delivery from Ravichandran Ashwin found an outside edge.
Mathews settled in to strike seven boundaries and remained the main hurdle in India's bid to win their first Test series in Sri Lanka since 1993.
Sri Lanka won the opening Test in Galle by 63 runs, but India drew level with a 278-run win in the second match at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo.
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