12/08Result
3rd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Aug 12-14 2017
India won by an inns & 171 runs
Player of the Match
Hardik Pandya
Hardik PandyaIndia
12/08Result
3rd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Aug 12-14 2017
India won by an inns & 171 runs
Player of the Match
Hardik Pandya
Hardik PandyaIndia

1.13pm Well, not much to add here. We'll have a 10-minute break and come back with Sri Lanka's reply.

122.3
W
Sandakan to Pandya, OUT, and taken. The first over after lunch. A googly outside off, Pandya looks to go over long-off, but the googly takes the ball away from the bat. Skewed off the outside half of the bat, sliced away to the deep cover fielder. That's a five-for for Sandakan, a fine effort from the left-arm wristspinner. The break has done for Pandya.

HH Pandya c Perera b Sandakan 108 (163m 96b 8x4 7x6) SR: 112.50

122.2
0
Sandakan to Pandya, no run, flat and wide outside off, Pandya doesn't change his batting stance at all
122.1
0
Sandakan to Pandya, no run, overpitched outside off, drilled to long-off

END OF OVER:
122 | 2 Runs | IND: 487/9

  • Hardik Pandya108 (93b)
  • Umesh Yadav3 (14b)
  • Vishwa Fernando26-3-87-2
  • Lakshan Sandakan35-4-132-4

1.09pm Out come the players for the second session. Sri Lanka in the field means they are going to have plenty of batting to do to save this Test. First order of business, get this last wicket. Lakshan Sandakan will start. Just a slip close to the batsman. Rest on the boundary.

12.31pm The best session of first-class cricket for Hardik Pandya. In the course of an hour, he has changed the outlook of this game - from around par to India in control. He finishes the session with an unbeaten 108 (107 runs in the session) and India finish with 487 for 9. Sri Lanka were actually rather good in the first hour or so, getting three Indian wickets, but lost their gameplans in the final 90 minutes. Back soon for the post-lunch session.

For those in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, here's a video of the 26-run over that changed the session.

Manjunath M C: "Pandya and Kumara completed century on same delivery, bit rare to see this... "

121.6
1
Fernando to Pandya, 1 run, full outside off, blocked to cover for a run.

Last ball before lunch. India's session

121.5
0
Fernando to Pandya, no run, an offcutter outside off, another leave
121.4
0
Fernando to Pandya, no run, a short bouncer down leg, 81 mph. Pandya gets underneath that
121.3
0
Fernando to Pandya, no run, an offcutter outside off, Pandya picks this early and leaves. He moved his delivery position so early that I picked the offcutter before release

Silence all around. Sri Lanka hurt by this period

121.2
0
Fernando to Pandya, no run, a low full toss is hit to long-off but Pandya's secure at the striker's end.
121.1
0
Fernando to Pandya, no run, slower ball on off, 71 mph, defended

Devine: "The nature of Pandya's innings will cause more damage to the SL team than the actual runs scored. They must be hurting after this onslaught"

121.1
1w
Fernando to Pandya, 1 wide, 125 kph, a bouncer on leg that is far too high for legality. Another extra

This is the last over before lunch, one way or another. Pandya has scored 106 runs this session. Fernando

END OF OVER:
121 | (maiden) | IND: 485/9

  • Umesh Yadav3 (14b)
  • Hardik Pandya107 (87b)
  • Lakshan Sandakan35-4-132-4
  • Lahiru Kumara23-1-104-0
120.6
0
Sandakan to Yadav, no run, gets right forward to defend that. Well done Umesh Yadav. Used his long reach to smother the spin
120.5
0
Sandakan to Yadav, no run, 75 kph, full and straight, defended. Good defensive technique

Sanket: "Pandya may not be the Ben Stokes or Flintoff or Kallis, but he is definitely in the class of Klusener. Very much welcome in the all rounder starved Indian team"

120.4
0
Sandakan to Yadav, no run, another googly outside off beats the bat
120.3
0
Sandakan to Yadav, no run, flight outside off, defended away
120.2
0
Sandakan to Yadav, no run, the googly outside off, pitches outside off and beats the bat. Well bowled
120.1
0
Sandakan to Yadav, no run, tossed up outside off, driven back towards cover

Sourav : "Boy this is some innings! Hardik Pandya take a bow! He has put all talks about his spot in the side to bed! Talk about an innings when your team needs it! Hardik Pandya you are a champion! A well deserved century for him! "

END OF OVER:
120 | 9 Runs | IND: 485/9

  • Hardik Pandya107 (87b)
  • Umesh Yadav3 (8b)
  • Lahiru Kumara23-1-104-0
  • Lakshan Sandakan34-3-132-4
119.6
4
Kumara to Pandya, FOUR, a good bouncer on leg, but Pandya stays underneath the length and ramps it over the keeper. This is simple batting, on the merit, but match-changing. Sri Lanka, it seems, have no answers or plans
119.5
4
Kumara to Pandya, FOUR, gets past and Pandya makes his first international century. Full and straight, pushed back towards mid-on, who dives valiantly to his left. The 2-2 celebration. What a fine effort this has been.

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A first

1

This is the first time India have whitewashed the oppositions in an away Test series of 3 or more Tests.

Chandimal's low

24

Dinesh Chandimal's average in this series - his 2nd worst in any Test series playing 2+ Tests. Also, he's the only SL top-order batsman without a 50+ score in this series.

All out in no time

2

No. of times SL have got all out in fewer overs in first inns of a home Test, than 37.4 overs in this match. They were all out in 28.2 overs v Pak, Kandy 1994 & 34.2 v Aus, Pallekele, 2016.

Maiden FC ton in Test

5

No. of India players to score their maiden first-class century in a Test, including Pandya. Others are: Vijay Manjrekar, Kapil Dev, Ajay Ratra and Harbhajan Singh.

Bang bang

26

Runs scored by Pandya in one over off Pushpakumara, the most by any India player in an over in Test history. Previous most: 24 by Kapil off E Hemmings, Lord's, 1990.

Brakes applied

134

Runs for which India lost their six wickets after Dhawan and Rahul added 188 runs for the opening wicket. The run rate dropped from 4.75 to 3.65.

Openers' double

2011

Last time an Ind opener scored 2+ 100s in an away Test series, Dravid in England. This is also the first time Dhawan has made more than one century in a series.

Record partnership

171

Previous highest opening stand for visiting sides in Sri Lanka, between Prabhakar & Sidhu at SSC in 1993. Dhawan & Rahul have gone past that mark.

Record streak

7

No. of consecutive 50+ scores for KL Rahul, the joint-most. Weekes, A Flower, Chanderpaul, Sangakkara & Rogers also made 7 50+ scores in a row.

Quick hundred runs

2010

Last time India reached 100 runs in fewer balls in a Test innings than in the 17.4 overs today, v Aus in Mohali. Since 2001, this is the sixth-fastest team 100 for Ind.

Three in a row

3

No. of tosses won by India in this 3-match series. They have elected to bat first all the three times.