India v SL 3rd Test
Dinesh Chandimal

Sri Lanka fought back strongly in the 3rd day’s play against India at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi, but at the end of proceedings team India would be happy with their performance in the last session where they bagged five wickets for not many runs. The day began with skipper Dinesh Chandimal and former captain Angelo Mathews carrying on from where they left on Day 2. They looked in sensational touch and was hardly bothered by the Indian bowlers.

Mathews, in particular, got help from the Indian fielders to reach his 9th Test century as he was dropped on three occasions before his century and once after reaching his century. Chandimal on the other hand hardly gave any chances and looked in good touch. He batted all through the day and was the unbeaten batsman along with last man standing Lakshan Sandakan.

Twitter Reactions: Chandimal, Mathews Score Centuries Before India Comes Back Strongly in Final Session of Day 3 1

Mathews was first dropped by Virat Kohli when he was hardly on 30. On 98 he got a let off from Rohit Sharma, and then Wriddhiman Saha missed a difficult catch. Upon reaching his century, he went for a big hit but mistimed it to the mid off fielder but substitute Vijay Shankar missed the chance. He was eventually dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin as Saha held on to a good catch.

Sadeera Samarawickrama finally came out in the middle at the fall of Mathews’ wicket and played some delightful shots. He was dismissed by Ishant Sharma on 33 as Wriddhiman Saha held on to a stunner behind the stumps. Debutant Roshen Silva had a hard day at the office and couldn’t bother the scorers as Ravichandran Ashwin prized him out with a good delivery.

Twitter Reactions: Chandimal, Mathews Score Centuries Before India Comes Back Strongly in Final Session of Day 3 2

Niroshan Dickwella couldn’t bother the scorers either as Ashwin hurried him with a quicker delivery and castled him. Wriddhiman Saha yet again showed his skills behind the stumps and jumped towards his left to send back Suranga Lakmal. It was a sensational delivery by Mohammad Shami which zipped away after pitching.

It was Ravindra Jadeja who got the final wicket of the day by wrapping Lahiru Gamage right in front with a quicker delivery. Despite the fall of wickets, Chandimal was a constant for Sri Lanka as he continued his vigilance at the crease. He eventually finished the day unbeaten on 147 which was studded with 18 fours and a six.

Twitter Reactions: Chandimal, Mathews Score Centuries Before India Comes Back Strongly in Final Session of Day 3 3

Twitterati was pretty active during the day’s play where Sri Lankans dominated for the first two sessions before India making a strong comeback in the final session to tilt the scales in their favour. Sri Lanka are still 180 runs away and with two days left India will back themselves to complete a 2-0 series victory.

Now here are some of the best tweets from the day’s play

https://twitter.com/ViratsFangirl18/status/937580462830002177

Arya Chakraborty

A Cricket Freak and a Music Lover. Hearing the name of Sachin Tendulkar still gives him goosebumps and listening to Arjit Singh songs keeps him in the right space. Loves Revolving his life around cricket...

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