Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews hit tons but India bowlers fightback

Though the first two sessions belonged to Sri Lanka, India made a brilliant fightback in the last session of Day 3 to reduce Sri Lanka to 356/9 and still lead by 180 runs in the third Test being played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. (BCCI)

Updated on: Dec 04, 2017 5:20 PM IST

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Though the first two sessions belonged to Sri Lanka, India made a brilliant fightback in the last session of Day 3 to reduce Sri Lanka to 356/9 and still lead by 180 runs in the third Test being played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. (BCCI)

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Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews resumed the day at 131/3 provided solidity to the Sri Lankar innings in the morning. The two put together a fantastic partnership of 181-runs for the fourth wicket. (BCCI)

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Angelo Mathews scored his eighth Test century, third against India and first since 2015 on Monday. She eventually got out at the stroke of tea off R Ashwin. (BCCI)

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Dinesh Chandimal, however, continued and played a captain’s knock to smash his 10th century and second against India. (BCCI)

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The duo together hit 32 boundaries and three sixes and made sure Sri Lanka managed to avoid the follow-on. (BCCI)

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Dinesh Chandimal has been in superb form in 2017. He now has three centuries in 2017. He also scored 138 vs Bangladesh in March and 155 not out against Pakistan in September. (BCCI)

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Despite picking only one wicket in the first two sessions, India showed heart to clinch five in the third period and almost bowled Sri Lanka out. (BCCI)

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Ravichandran Ashwin led from the front and picked three quick wickets, to bring about the collapse of the Sri Lankan batting order. (BCCI)

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Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja also picked up two wickets each. As a result, Sri Lanka, from 317/4, were reduced to 343/9. (BCCI)

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Dinesh Chandimal upped the ante towards the end and remained unbeaten on 147. He will look to surpass his highest Test score 162 on Tuesday. (BCCI)

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The Indian team will be satisfied with the turnaround in the last session. With two days remaining, their chances look good of winning the series 2-0. (BCCI)