KNZ NEWS DESK
Colombo, August 06 2017:For 95.3 overs, Sri Lanka fought like their lives depended on it.
The ball spat, zooted, and played all kinds of tricks, taking part of the pitch with it every time and promising that things will only get harder. But Sri Lanka, led by Kusal Mendis yesterday and Dimuth Karunaratne on Day 4 held on. There were innumerable unplayable deliveries, but nothing broke the back of Sri Lanka’s batting. That was until Ravindra Jadeja got Karunaratne, who had batted 337 minutes and 307 balls for 141 runs, out with a snorter. Sri Lanka’s chances and hopes dissipated as quickly as their wickets fell from there on. Their marathon second innings eventually ended on 386, succumbing to an innings defeat and giving India a 2-0 lead in the three-Test series
Brief Scores: India 622/9 decl.Sri Lanka 183 and 386 (Dimuth Karunaratne 141, Kusal Mendis 110; Ravindra Jadeja 5/152) by an innings and 53 runs
