A slip, silly point and short extra cover deployed. Two tossed up deliveries outside off from Jaddu and Mathews drills the second one to long off for a single. Chandimal looks to nudge the third ball but it rolls towards the off side off a thick edge. …
Mathews pushes the first ball to cover and runs a sharp single. Shami offers width, Chandimal doesn’t oblige and drives it through covers. Shami goes around the wicket. The fourth ball: Shami bangs one short around Chandimal’s hips and the batsman rides the bounce and glances it. However, the ball …
Yesterday, Mathews displayed aggressive intent to disrupt Ashwin’s rhythm. Sri Lanka tried doing that in the Nagpur Test too but the execution was horrible. Today also he is adapting a similar approach. Mathews scores a boundary on the third ball and then Sri Lanka milk two singles. A good over for the …
India bowling coach Bharat Arun showed no sympathy, for Sri Lanka players who complained of vomitting due to poor air quality in Delhi that halted play. Sri Lanka struggled with the smog, with some wearing surgical masks on the field, as Virat Kohli do…
Sri Lankans appeared in a bit of trouble right from the outset of the day’s play as some of their players took to the field sporting masks. One can hardly blame them, though, as the national capital has seen a rise in its pollution level in the recent days. The level crossed 200 in Ferozeshah Kotla on Sunday.
Sri Lanka were laid low by debilitating smog and another Virat Kohli batting masterclass as they were left struggling to avoid the follow-on in the third Test against India in Delhi. The tourists closed day two on 131 for three in reply to the home side’s mammoth 536 for seven declared – a total built around …
Sri Lanka’s stand-in coach Nic Pothas and India’s bowling coach Bharat Arun represented contrasting views on the unusual circumstances during the early stages of the second day’s play in the Delhi Test. Right after the Lunch intermission, the Delhi game took a turn for the worse as hazy conditions …
Sri Lanka players took to wearing masks to combat smog pollution that disrupted the third Test against India in Delhi. The Indian capital has been plagued by the problem for several weeks. Sri Lanka had just 10 men on the pitch at one point, despite se…
Riding on a 283-run third wicket stand between Vijay and Kohli, India dominated the day before chinaman Lakshan Sandakan’s twin strikes helped Sri Lanka recover towards the end of the day. At stumps, Kohli and Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten and steadied the ship after two quick wickets. The Sri …
New Delhi: Welcome to the LIVE coverage of day 2 of the third and final Test match between India and Sri Lanka being played at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi.