01/12Result
3rd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Delhi, Dec 2-6 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Virat Kohli
Virat KohliIndia
01/12Result
3rd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Delhi, Dec 2-6 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Virat Kohli
Virat KohliIndia

9.53am Sri Lanka's last pair have lasted 5.3 overs on another smoggy Delhi morning. How India will approach their second innings will form the crux of the day. Will they take their time to consolidate or motor on and try and put Sri Lanka back in for a short session later this evening? Of course none of this will play out if their fast bowlers can do to India what England are doing to Australia at the moment, at The Ashes. Join us in 10 minutes for India's innings.

Neer: "Ishant Sharma is looking very rapid. What are the speeds he's clocking?" Close to 140 on an average.

135.3
W
I Sharma to Chandimal, OUT, right down the throat of third man. There was width, Chandimal threw his bat at that but only managed a thick edge down to Shikhar Dhawan who didn't have to move an inch left or right. India have pocketed a lead of 163.

LD Chandimal c Dhawan b I Sharma 164 (472m 361b 21x4 1x6) SR: 45.42

MADAN MOHAN SID: "Playing with tailenders is a great skill and very few can master the game ,some perish or some make the tail enders sacrificing goats."

135.2
0
I Sharma to Chandimal, no run, defends this length ball towards point, refuses the single as this rolls to the boundary rider.
135.1
0
I Sharma to Chandimal, no run, angles in a full delivery on middle from wide of the crease, kept out.

END OF OVER:
135 | 1 Run | SL: 373/9

  • Lakshan Sandakan0 (20b)
  • Dinesh Chandimal164 (358b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja45-13-86-2
  • Ishant Sharma29-7-98-2
134.6
0
Jadeja to Sandakan, no run, drifts a full delivery into middle and leg, blocked.

Has to watch out for the arm-ball

134.5
0
Jadeja to Sandakan, no run, lunges forward and dabs this full delivery
134.4
0
Jadeja to Sandakan, no run, slides one down middle and leg, misses his thigh pad, good take by Saha
134.3
1
Jadeja to Chandimal, 1 run, leading edge that rolls down to deep point. The ball hit the rough and spun away, Chandimal was looking to play this towards mid-on
134.2
0
Jadeja to Chandimal, no run, jabs this indrifter to the off side, played with the bat well in front of the pad.
134.1
0
Jadeja to Chandimal, no run, eased back with the spin

Jadeja

END OF OVER:
134 | (maiden) | SL: 372/9

  • Lakshan Sandakan0 (17b)
  • Dinesh Chandimal163 (355b)
  • Ishant Sharma29-7-98-2
  • Mohammed Shami26-6-85-2
133.6
0
I Sharma to Sandakan, no run, beaten but not without being a centimeter or so from getting an outside edge. Ishant angles this full delivery outside off, Sandakan, perhaps expecting another bouncer, is rooted to the crease. Sees this full and hangs his bat out to miss it again.

Rohit has a long chat with Sandakan, some banter maybe. He can see the funny side of this struggle

133.5
0
I Sharma to Sandakan, no run, rip roaring bouncer on the body, Sandakan was ducking for cover even as the bowler released the ball. Hung his bat out but no damage done. Excellent from Ishant.

Ishant from around the stumps

133.4
0
I Sharma to Sandakan, no run, a nervous little poke, misses again. Looks like he was trying to angle this over the slips but the bounce did him in. Has a wry smile as well, not the stroke his captain will approve of.
133.3
0
I Sharma to Sandakan, no run, another poke, another miss. This was full but way outside off for him to have a go, he still does and is late on the stroke.
133.2
0
I Sharma to Sandakan, no run, right behind the line of this incoming short of length delivery as he defends. Was so deep inside the crease that the stumps weren't far behind. But he was aware of that
133.1
0
I Sharma to Sandakan, no run, beaten. Feet glued to the crease as he wafted at this length delivery outside off.

Right. Sandakan has three slips, a gully, short leg and a short mid-on. Ishant steaming in

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Dhananjaya fights

109*

Previous highest score by visiting batsmen when chasing in India, by Viv Richards at Kotla in 1987. Dhananjaya de Silva has gone past that in this chase.

Kohli's series

610

Runs by Kohli in this series, the fourth-most for any batsman in a three-match Test series.

Fails again

17

Runs accumulated by Ajinkya Rahane in this series, in 5 innings. His scores: 4, 0, 2, 1, 10.

Chandimal's best

162*

Previous highest score for Dinesh Chandimal in Test, that came against India in Galle in 2015. He's better it with 164 in this game.

Record ten

0

No. of SL batsmen to score 10 Test centuries in fewer innings than Chandimal who has done it in 80 innings. Thilan Samaraweera, who took 84 innings, was the previous quickest for SL.

A long show

476

Balls faced by Mathews and Chandimal in this partnership - the most by any visiting pair in India since 2010. Kallis and Amla had batted 641 balls in Nagpur in Feb 2010.

Record double

6

No. of double-centuries by Virat Kohli as captain - the most. He went past Brian Lara's five 200s as captain. All other Indian captains combined have only four 200s.

No. 20 for Kohli

4

Number of batsmen to score 20 Test centuries in fewer innings than Kohli who has got there in his 105th innings. Bradman (55), Gavaskar (93), Hayden (95) and S Smith (99) are the only ones ahead.

Kohli's 5000

3

No. of India batsmen to get to 5000 Test runs in fewer inns than Kohli who has taken 105 inns. Gavaskar (95), Sehwag (99) and Tendulkar (103) are the three ahead of Kohli.

Perera's milestone

25

No. of Tests taken by Dilruwan Perera to take 100 wickets - the fastest among 6 Sri Lanka bowlers to the milestone. Muralitharan was the previous fastest in 27 matches.

Victorious venue

11-0

India's win-loss record in last 12 Tests at Delhi, before this. The last time they lost there was in 1987 to West Indies.