END OF OVER:53 | 6 Runs | IND: 240/3
- Virat Kohli103 (136b)
- Ajinkya Rahane23 (18b)
- Lahiru Kumara12-1-59-1
- Dilruwan Perera15-0-67-1
10.13am And India have declared, setting Sri Lanka a target of 550. The highest successful chase at this venue is only 99. The highest score made in a fourth innings here - win, lose or draw - is 300. Massive task ahead of the hosts.
Abhishek Jain: "This is Kohli's first 100 in 3rd innings. "
52.6
1
Kumara to Kohli, 1 run, short, angling into leg stump, pulled to long leg
52.5
1
Kumara to Rahane, 1 run, short on off stump, Rahane plays a controlled pull down to deep square leg
52.4
1
Kumara to Kohli, 1 run, shortish, loooks to whip it with the angle into the midwicket region, only manages an inside-edge into his hip, rolls down into the vacant slip region
52.3
1
Kumara to Rahane, 1 run, fullish outside off, pushed down the ground towards mid-off
52.2
1
Kumara to Kohli, 1 run, back of a length outside off, stabbed through backward point
Kohli's Test average is now back up at 50.
52.1
1
Kumara to Rahane, 1 run, short, rising ball angling into the ribcage. Jumps to get on top of the bounce, squirts it away into the backward square leg region
END OF OVER:52 | 6 Runs | IND: 234/3
- Ajinkya Rahane20 (15b)
- Virat Kohli100 (133b)
- Dilruwan Perera15-0-67-1
- Nuwan Pradeep12-2-63-0
51.6
1
Perera to Rahane, 1 run, really full on off, whipped to wide long-on again
51.5
1
Perera to Kohli, 1 run, Kohli brings up his 17th Test hundred. This was flatter and shorter on middle and leg, he responds with a back-foot punch through midwicket. Declaration imminent?
51.4
1
Perera to Rahane, 1 run, really full on off, driven with the wrists to wide long-on
51.3
1
Perera to Kohli, 1 run, length ball on off, Kohli jumps back and punches it firmly between deep midwicket and wide long-on. He declines the double. He moves onto 99
51.2
0
Perera to Kohli, no run,
51.1
2
Perera to Kohli, 2 runs, dangled up on middle, Kohli bunts it to wide long-on and scampers across for two. Wide long-on and deep midwicket collide in the deep
Thirty-eight runs in the last four overs
END OF OVER:51 | 8 Runs | IND: 228/3
- Virat Kohli96 (129b)
- Ajinkya Rahane18 (13b)
- Nuwan Pradeep12-2-63-0
- Dilruwan Perera14-0-61-1
50.6
1
Pradeep to Kohli, 1 run, back of a length and angled in on middle, Kohli moves across off and clips it away to deep square leg
50.6
1nb
Pradeep to Kohli, 1 no ball, Kohli walks across off, Pradeep spears an inswinging yorker, finishes outside leg, misses the glance. Front-foot no-ball
50.5
1
Pradeep to Rahane, 1 run, length and outside off, punchily driven on the up to sweeper
50.4
1
Pradeep to Kohli, 1 run, banged in short and outside off, Kohli looks to ramp it away but it's closer to his body. So he checks his shot, rides the bounce, and dabs it down to third man
50.3
2
Pradeep to Kohli, 2 runs, Kohli walks across off and picks off this incoming ball to deep midwicket
50.2
1
Pradeep to Rahane, 1 run, back of a length on off, Rahane whips it to long-on
50.1
1
Pradeep to Kohli, 1 run, Kohli rises on top of the bounce of this short ball outside off and cracks a punch through the covers
India have scored 30 runs in the last three overs
END OF OVER:50 | 13 Runs | IND: 220/3
- Virat Kohli91 (124b)
- Ajinkya Rahane16 (11b)
- Dilruwan Perera14-0-61-1
- Nuwan Pradeep11-2-55-0
49.6
1
Perera to Kohli, 1 run, slides onto the leg stump, nudged to short fine leg
Priteesh: "Is herath on the field??" --- Sid Monga confirms that Herath isn't on the field
49.5
3
Perera to Rahane, 3 runs, floated up on off stump, Rahane brings out a reverse-paddle and directs it fine of third man
