After 4 overs,Sri Lanka 10/1 ( Dimuth Karunaratne (C) 8 , Pathum Nissanka 1)
Lunch, Day 3: Jadeja, who claimed a five-for in the first innings, starts off with a maiden over. India’s session this one, and Sri Lanka will have lot of work to do if they are to keep themselves alive in the contest. They trail India by 390 runs. Do join us for the post-lunch session in a few minutes.
After 3 overs,Sri Lanka 14/0 ( Dimuth Karunaratne (C) 6 , Lahiru Thirimanne 7)
Ashwin strikes early in the follow-on. Thirimanne finds Rohit at second slip and has to depart. Pathum Nissanka, who scored an unbeaten 61 in the first innings, joins his skipper in the middle.
OUT! Rohit goes low to his right at second slip and makes no mistake with the catch. India draw first blood in the follow-on. Thirimanne departs, Ashwin with the first wicket. Thirimanne c Rohit b Ashwin 0
After 2 overs,Sri Lanka 9/0 ( Lahiru Thirimanne 0 , Dimuth Karunaratne (C) 8)
Shami is into the attack. Karunaratne gets a boundary, and SL get an added run after Shami oversteps. Nine runs from the over as the Lankan skipper collects another boundary in the last ball.
After 1 overs,Sri Lanka 0/0 ( Lahiru Thirimanne 0 , Dimuth Karunaratne (C) 0)
Ashwin with the first over of the Sri Lankan second innings. Tidy start as he delivers a maiden over first up.
Right. Time for Sri Lanka’s follow-on. Ashwin with the ball. Lahiru Thirimanne on strike, with Dimuth Karunaratne on the other end. And well, the lights have come out at the stadium.
After 65 overs,Sri Lanka 174/10 ( Pathum Nissanka 61 , )
It’s been a wild few last minutes in this Test. From 48/1 to 174 all out Sri Lanka, and commentator Harsha Bhogle on air confirms India have enforced the follow-on, which means Sri Lanka will bat again. They are still 400 runs behind in this Test. Kumara is the last man to depart, getting cleaned up by Jadeja.
Sri Lanka’s follow-on to start in just a few minutes.
OUT! Lahiru Kumara is the last man to be dismissed as Jadeja completes a five-for. What a Test for Jadeja. First 175* in the Indian innings, and a five-wicket haul in this. India have enforced the follow-on
OUT! Wicket number nine down for SL after Fernando departs. A very soft dismissal this one. Fernando c Rohit b Jadeja 0
After 64 overs,Sri Lanka 173/8 ( Pathum Nissanka 60 , Vishwa Fernando 0)
Vishwa Fernando joins Nissanka in the middle after Shami removes Embuldeniya. Wicket maiden.