After 47 overs,India 199/5 ( Shreyas Iyer 18 , Ravindra Jadeja 10)
Final over before the dinner break. Embuldeniya to bowl this one. India opt for a review. Jadeja is struck LBW and he wants to have one more look. There’s a huge gap between bat and ball, no bat involved. Impact is outside the line despite the ball hitting the wickets. India head to the dinner break at 199/5, with a lead of 342 runs. The hosts are clearly in the driver’s seat at the moment. That’s that as far as this session is concerned. Do join us for the final session in about 40 minutes time.
After 45 overs,India 196/5 ( Shreyas Iyer 17 , Ravindra Jadeja 8)
adeja tucks into the midwicket gap for a brace as Lakmal continues. Three runs from Lakmal’s over.
After 44 overs,India 193/5 ( Shreyas Iyer 17 , Ravindra Jadeja 5)
Lakmal continues. Jadeja collects a boundary as five runs come off the over. Jayawickrama bowls the next one, and four runs come off that one.
After 42 overs,India 184/5 ( Shreyas Iyer 13 , Ravindra Jadeja 0)
Jayawickrama resumes. He gets rid of Rishabh Pant, who just registered the fastest fifty by an Indian in Tests after reaching the milestone in 28 balls. Ravindra Jadeja is the new batter.
OUT! Caught and bowled by Jayawickrama and Pant departs following his quick-fire fifty. Pant c and b Jayawickrama 50
FIFTY! Rishabh Pant registers his half-century in just 28 balls, fastest fifty by an Indian in Test match cricket.
After 41 overs,India 179/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 46 , Shreyas Iyer 12)
Suranga Lakmal continues. Pant continues punishing bowlers, another boundary as Pant goes down the track between cover and mid-off. Shreyas Iyer with his first boundary. Not good signs for Lakmal as he continues leaking runs. 10 off the over.
After 40 overs,India 169/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 41 , Shreyas Iyer 7)
Another expensive over from de Silva, with nine runs coming off it. Pant finds the gap over cover point for a boundary. Jayawickrama with the next over. There’s a review for caught behind against Iyer. Ball is close to the bat but there’s no spike on UltraEdge. The sound was that of ball clipping the pads instead. SL lose their review. Four runs off the over. India’s lead is now 312 runs.
After 38 overs,India 156/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 35 , Shreyas Iyer 2)
Pant with a reverse sweep through backward point as de Silva resumes. Five runs come off that over. Jayawickrama with the next over. Two fours in that over, both by Pant. Pant seems to have taken a T20 cricket approach, having scored 35 off 18 so far.
After 36 overs,India 140/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 20 , Shreyas Iyer 1)
Another day, another Kohli dismissal. Jayawickrama continues, and he gets rid of Kohli for 13, trapping him LBW. Kohli’s wait for a 71st ton continues. Shreyas Iyer, who scored 92 under huge circumstances in the first innings, enters the crease.