(Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)India skipper Virat Kohli smashed career best 243 in New Delhi during the first innings of third Test against Sri Lanka. At the post-match presser Sri Lanka coach Nic Pothas defined the situation as “unique case” and insisted that the pollution level in the capital was pretty high. “It’s well documented that Delhi has high level of pollution,” Sri Lanka coach Nic Pothas said, calling it a “unique case”. Mentioning about the same, Pothas said that the Sri Lankan team management wanted to have some clarity on the safety of the players. Sri Lanka later ended the second day’s play at 3/131 in reply to India’s 7/536 (d) with Angelo Mathews and captain Dinesh Chandimal at the crease.

Source: Indian Express December 03, 2017 14:26 UTC