IND vs SL 2nd Test Day-3 Report: The Indian team has made a strong hold in the Test being played against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Even after the end of the third day of the match, Sri Lanka is trailing by 238 runs. Sri Lanka has scored 265 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in its first innings, but the threat of follow-on is still looming. On Tuesday, Sri Lanka scored 257 runs after losing 6 wickets. When Sri Lanka came to bat on the third day of the Colombo Test, their score was 8 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.
In such a situation, Sri Lanka batted cautiously. Sri Lanka’s young batsman Pasindu Suriyabandara handled the innings. He made a partnership of 87 runs with Kamindu Mendis. Kamindu Mendis was out after scoring 32 runs. After this, Pasindu Suriabandara also returned to the pavilion after scoring 80 runs. Ravindra Jadeja broke his dream of scoring a century in the second match.
Sonal took over the innings after Pasindu
Sri Lanka’s innings faltered again after the fall of the wicket of Pasindu Suriyabandara. When Sri Lanka was on the score of 171 runs, Pasindu was out and returned to the pavilion. After this Sonal Dinusha took over the innings. He first made a partnership of 57 runs with Keshara Nuwantha, after which he made an unbeaten partnership of 35 runs with Lahiru Kumara. Till the end of the third day’s play, Sonal Dinusha remained unbeaten after scoring 85 runs. Whereas, Lahiru Kumara is not out at the other end after scoring 8 runs. Thanks to Sonal Dinusha’s innings, Sri Lanka has scored 265 runs at the loss of 8 wickets.
Who did wonders for India?
Prasidh Krishna and Manav Suthar bowled brilliantly for Team India. Both these bowlers took 2 wickets each on the third day of the match. Both of them took 1 wicket each in the last session of the second day. Apart from him, Mohammad Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja also took 1 wicket each. The Indian team led by Shubman Gill can soon give follow-on to Sri Lanka by dismissing them or can set a big target by batting.
When will the fourth day’s play start?
On the fourth day of the match, the Indian team would like to all out Sri Lanka as soon as possible. If the Sri Lankan team lags behind by more than 200 runs, then Team India can also give a follow-on. The fourth day’s play will start at 9:45 am. Now it will be interesting to see whether Sri Lanka will be successful in saving the follow-on or not?
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