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

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3.17pm Sri Lanka have been set a target of 410. India are supposed to bowl 29 overs tonight, but unlikely the light will hold up for that long. We're realistically looking at 15 overs at best, and that only if the over-rate is excellent from India. No sooner that the players walked back in, Ishant and Shami were out to warm up with fielding coach R Sridhar.

52.2
2
Gamage to RG Sharma, 2 runs, drilled to deep extra cover, good work all around. Rohit gets to his fifty and Kohli calls his boys in.
52.1
2
Gamage to RG Sharma, 2 runs, makes room and steers this spongy bouncer to deep point, excellent running. Third man summoned but that was a mere formality. No danger of Rohit missing his mark

END OF OVER:
52 | 6 Runs | IND: 242/5

  • Rohit Sharma46 (47b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja4 (4b)
  • Lakshan Sandakan10-0-50-1
  • Lahiru Gamage12-1-44-1
51.6
1
Sandakan to RG Sharma, 1 run, sharp turn from length on middle, this is conventional left-arm spin, Rohit punches down to long-on
51.5
1
Sandakan to Jadeja, 1 run, whips this full toss from outside off to wide long-on

Anujaya Amarath: "What's the point of India continues to bat on. Unlikely Sri Lanka is going to chase 400 runs in 4 sessions given the circumstances."

51.4
1
Sandakan to RG Sharma, 1 run, makes room and punches this short ball down to long-off
51.3
1
Sandakan to Jadeja, 1 run, dabs this gently towards cover for a quick single

Virat has his plate full. Digging in to some boiled vegetables, or so it looks like. Dhawan is nice and relaxed in front of him.

51.2
1
Sandakan to RG Sharma, 1 run, steps out and eases this googly past cover
51.1
1
Sandakan to Jadeja, 1 run, works this with the spin to midwicket

END OF OVER:
51 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 236/5

  • Ravindra Jadeja1 (1b)
  • Rohit Sharma43 (44b)
  • Lahiru Gamage12-1-44-1
  • Lakshan Sandakan9-0-44-1
50.6
1
Gamage to Jadeja, 1 run, reaches out to smear that full toss to deep point

Jadeja is the new man in

50.5
1
Gamage to RG Sharma, 1 run, backs away and drills this full delivery to long-off

During the course of his innings, Virat Kohli became the first Indian to score 600+ in 3 different Test series.

692 v Aus, 2014-15
655 v Eng, 2016-17
606* v SL, 2017-18

Dravid and Gavaskar did it twice.

50.4
W
Gamage to Kohli, OUT, has dragged this from way outside off, holes out to Lakmal at wide long-on. Wanted to go downtown but this slower delivery stopped on him, hit the top part of the bat as he swung through. That essentially killed his timing. Still had to be taken alright, was in the air for a long, long time and Lakmal did well, kept his eyes on the ball as he ran to his right to take it.

V Kohli c Lakmal b Gamage 50 (89m 58b 3x4 0x6) SR: 86.20

50.3
0
Gamage to Kohli, no run, right into the blockhole, Kohli jams his bat down to squeeze that back down the pitch. Smashes the turf with his bat, visibly disappointed for some reason
50.2
1
Gamage to RG Sharma, 1 run, wrists this length delivery wide of midwicket
50.1
1lb
Gamage to Kohli, 1 leg bye, steps out to whip this over square leg, the ball angles back in a long way to hit him on the thigh pad, they scamper a leg bye

Gamage into the attack

END OF OVER:
50 | 5 Runs | IND: 232/4

  • Virat Kohli50 (55b)
  • Rohit Sharma41 (42b)
  • Lakshan Sandakan9-0-44-1
  • Suranga Lakmal14-3-60-1
49.6
1
Sandakan to Kohli, 1 run, works this with the spin to deep midwicket, that's his one millionth fifty against Sri Lanka
49.5
1
Sandakan to RG Sharma, 1 run, spins away from length outside off, Rohit steers to deep cover
49.4
0
Sandakan to RG Sharma, no run, walks across to sweep with the spin, beaten
49.3
1
Sandakan to Kohli, 1 run, waits for the turn and then angles this short delivery wide of short third man, but since there was no pace on the delivery, he could only get a single

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • India's record streak of nine consecutive series wins

    Their 1-0 series win over Sri Lanka helped India match Australia's record of nine consecutive series wins from 2005-08, while Dhananjaya de Silva surpassed Viv Richards to score the highest fourth-innings score by a visiting batsman in India

  • India aware of issues in slip cordon - Pujara

    With fitness being on agenda, India players have become better athletes, their ground fielding has improved, but nobody from the camp has been able to say why the same fielders seem to resemble non-stick cookware at slips

  • Dhananjaya, Roshen deny India 2-0

    Dhananjaya de Silva and the debutant Roshen Silva were Sri Lanka's fifth-day heroes as they fought their way to a drawn third Test

  • Dhananjaya and a new dawn for Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka dropped him after throwing him in the firing line in South Africa. He has returned with the highest fourth-innings score by a visiting batsman in India. Young talents like that need better nurturing

  • SL's struggles with Delhi air may be genuine - Dhawan

    After having seen his team-mate Shami vomit on the field, the India opener was more understanding of the visitors' discomfort, but he only went as far as giving them a benefit of doubt

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.