IND vs SL 1st Test Day 3: Rain Ends Play Early As India Take 178-Run Lead

IND
vs
SL
1st
Test
Day
3:& bsp;I dia
tighte ed
thei
g ip
o
the
fi st
Test
agai st
S i
La ka
as
Ma av
Sutha
a d
Ravi d a
Jadeja
sha ed
seve
wickets
to
bowl
the
hosts
out
fo
284
o
Day
3
i
Galle.
S i
La ka
had
slipped
to
99/5
befo e
So al
Di usha
a d
Ni osha
Dickwella
mou ted
a
st o g
fightback,
but
I dia
eve tually
secu ed
a
178- u
fi st-i i gs
lead.

Sutha
St ikes
Ea ly
As
S i
La ka
Lose
Five

I dia
esumed
the
thi d
day
afte
bei g
bowled
out
fo
462,
with
S i
La ka
begi i g
thei
eply
u de
p essu e.

Sutha
made
a
immediate
impact
with
his
left-a m
spi ,
usi g
the
ew
ball
to
ext act
tu
a d
bou ce
f om
the
Galle
su face.
He
eve tually
fi ished
with
4/76,
while
Jadeja
claimed
3/57
as
I dia’s
spi e s
did
most
of
the
damage.

S i
La ka
we e
educed
to
99/5
by
lu ch,
putti g
I dia
i
a
positio
whe e
a
substa tial
fi st-i i gs
lead
looked
i c easi gly
likely.

Kuldeep
Yadav
also
co t ibuted
with
a
impo ta t
wicket,
while
Shubma
Gill
p oduced
a
excelle t
catch
to
dismiss
Kami du
Me dis.

Di usha,
Dickwella
Rescue
S i
La ka

Just
whe
S i
La ka
appea ed
to
be
headi g
towa ds
a
heavy
collapse,
Di usha
a d
Dickwella
cha ged
the
cou se
of
the
i i gs.

The
pai
added
146
u s
fo
the
sixth
wicket,
taki g
adva tage
of
the
olde
a d
softe
ball.
Thei
pa t e ship
p eve ted
I dia
f om
secu i g
a
eve
bigge
lead
a d
also
took
S i
La ka
beyo d
the
possibility
of
bei g
fo ced
to
follow
o .

Di usha
completed
his
maide
Test
ce tu y,
sco i g
100
off
168
balls
with
fou
fou s
a d
two
sixes.
Dickwella
co t ibuted
80,
but
missed
out
o
his
fi st
Test
hu d ed.

I dia
eve tually
b oke
the
pa t e ship
whe
P asidh
K ish a
dismissed
Dickwella,
befo e
Jadeja
etu ed
to
emove
Di usha
soo
afte
the
latte
eached
his
ce tu y.

Jadeja
Completes
350
Test
Wickets

Jadeja’s
th ee-wicket
haul
also
b ought
a
majo
pe so al
milesto e.

The
all- ou de
completed
350
Test
wickets
by
dismissi g
Kesha a
Nuwa tha,
becomi g
o ly
the
i th
spi e
a d
28th
bowle
ove all
to
each
the
la dma k
i
Test
c icket.

Jadeja
the
st uck
agai ,
t appi g
Di usha
o
the
c ease
sho tly
afte
his
ce tu y.

Sutha
completed
his
fou -wicket
haul
by
dismissi g
Lahi u
Kuma a,
b i gi g
S i
La ka’s
i i gs
to
a
e d
at
284.

I dia
Take
178-Ru
Lead

S i
La ka’s
284
left
I dia
with
a
178- u
fi st-i i gs
adva tage.

The
lead
could
have
bee
eve
g eate
had
Di usha
a d
Dickwella
ot
p oduced
thei
dete mi ed
sixth-wicket
sta d.
S i
La ka’s
ecove y
also
e su ed
I dia
did
ot
have
the
oppo tu ity
to
e fo ce
the
follow-o .

With
ai
al eady
affecti g
the
Test
ac oss
the
fi st
th ee
days,
the
time
lost
could
become
a
impo ta t
facto
i
I dia’s
attempt
to
fo ce
a
esult.

I dia’s
st o g
fi st-i i gs
total,
followed
by
seve
wickets
f om
Sutha
a d
Jadeja,
has
eve theless
left
the
visito s
i
a
comma di g
positio
headi g
i to
the
emai de
of
the
Test.

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