Subjected to the follow-on after their first innings debacle, Sri Lanka's second innings resurgence was built around the 191-run stand between Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis, who fell for 110 on Saturday. Dimuth Karunaratne refused to throw in the towel on Sunday and struck his sixth test century to lead Sri Lanka's fight back against India on day four of the second test. Karunaratne was batting on 136 at lunch on the penultimate day with Sri Lanka on 302-4, still 137 runs behind. Karunaratne's defiant knock, his fourth second innings century and first against India, included 16 boundaries. Jadeja struck in the next over when he had Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal caught in the slip for two.

Source: dna August 06, 2017 06:59 UTC