From 151/4, Sri Lanka lost their final six wickets for 54 runs. Contrary to the morning session, where Sri Lanka crawled to score just 47 runs, the second was a rather fluid one with 105 scored in it. However, the wheels came off in the final session and Ashwin and Jadeja picked the bones.Not that India's start was the best. Sri Lanka and Karunaratne in particular, will take heart from the fact that the left-hander has finally begun showing consistency: he has now gone past 1000 runs in 2017. With the ball doing plenty, Chandimal hit Ashwin for a brazen six and a cover drive off Umesh that brought up 3000 Test runs for the Sri Lankan skipper.

Source: Times of India November 24, 2017 06:13 UTC