IND vs SL: KL Rahul takes a heavy catch! Despite India's big lead in Galle Test, Sri Lanka made history, know how they turned around

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On the third day of the Galle Test, despite Team India being in a strong position, the mistake of dropping a catch was heavy. After KL Rahul dropped the catch of Sri Lankan Niroshan Dickwella, the hosts staged a brilliant comeback. The Sri Lankan team, which had lost 5 wickets for just 90 runs at one point, shocked India by reaching 284 runs. Now India have a chance to strengthen their hold on the fourth day.

Life found on 20 runs, Dickwella takes the full
In the 36th over of Sri Lanka’s innings, Niroshan Dickwella got an outside edge off Manav Suthar’s bowling. The ball went to KL Rahul who was standing in the slips. Rahul dived to his right to take the catch, but could not catch the fast-paced ball. At that time Dickwella was only on 20 runs. Had this catch been caught, Sri Lanka’s innings could have ended much faster. However, after getting Jeevandan, Dickwella changed the picture of the match with his batting.

Sri Lanka’s brilliant comeback from 90/5 to 284 runs
After being caught, Dickwella put on a vital partnership of 146 runs for the sixth wicket with Sonal Dinusha. Dickwella played an innings of 80 runs off 115 balls while Sonal Dinusha scored 100 runs and put up a strong fight against the Indian bowlers. The partnership between the two took Sri Lanka out of trouble. As a result, the hosts reached 284 runs and also crossed the mark of 263 runs required to avoid the follow-on. This comeback proved to be a great achievement for Sri Lanka.

Performance by Indian bowlers, Carpenter’s four-wicket haul
Manav Suthar was the most successful bowler from India in restricting Sri Lanka to 284 runs. He took four wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets. Irishan Krishna, Mohammad Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket each. However, the third day’s play had to end early due to rain. India took a 178-run lead in the first innings and will now look to consolidate this lead in their second innings on Day 4. It will be interesting to see how much of a difference KL Rahul’s decision to drop Dickwella’s catch makes in the outcome of the match now.

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