Delhi Test: Sri Lanka salvage draw, India win record 9th successive series - News Summed Up

Delhi Test: Sri Lanka salvage draw, India win record 9th successive series


Highlights 1 Sri Lanka secured morale-boosting draw in final Test against India. Dhananjaya de Silva's heroic hundred and Roshen Silva's gallant, unbeaten 74 helped secure Sri Lanka's morale-boosting draw in final Test against India, who won the three-match series 1-0 on Wednesday. Sri Lanka, who finished on 299-5, could not chase down the 410-run victory target but played out of their skin to salvage some pride after being outplayed in the series. (Virat Kohli equals Ricky Ponting's world record of most successive Test series wins as captain)India's ninth consecutive Test series triumph puts the world number one into an elite club which also includes Australia and England. The Sri Lanka captain, who smashed a career-best 164 in the first innings, made 36.


Source: India Today December 06, 2017 11:22 UTC



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