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India vs Sri Lanka: Third Test, Day 4 scoreboard
Colombo: Following is the scoreboard on the fourth day of the third cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground here on Monday:
India (first innings) 312
Sri Lanka (first innings) 201
India (second innings) (overnight 21/3)
Cheteshwar Pujara b Prasad 0
Lokesh Rahul b Pradeep 2
Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Pradeep 4
Virat Kohli c Tharanga b Pradeep 21
Rohit Sharma c Pradeep b Prasad 50
Stuart Binny c Tharanga b Prasad 49
Naman Ojha c Karunaratne b Herath 35
Amit Mishra run out (Silva) 39
Ravichandran Ashwin c Perera b Prasad 58
Umesh Yadav c Herath b Pradeep 4
Ishant Sharma not out 2
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 5) 10
Total (all out in 76 overs) 274
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Pujara, 0.2 overs), 2-2 (Rahul, 3.2), 3-7 (Rahane, 5.2), 4-64 (Kohli, 22.2), 5-118 (R Sharma, 32.5), 6-160 (Binny, 44.2), 7-179 (Ojha, 51.3), 8-234 (Mishra, 67.2), 9-269 (Yadav, 74.6), 10-274 (Ashwin, 75.6)
Bowling:
Dhammika Prasad 19-3-69-4
Nuwan Pradeep 17-2-62-4
Rangana Herath 22-0-89-1
Angelo Mathews 6-3-11-0
Tharindu Kaushal 12-2-41-0
Sri Lanka (second innings) (target 386)
Upal Tharanga c Ojha b I Sharma 0
Kaushal Silva not out 24
Dimuth Karunaratne c Ojha b Yadav 0
Dinesh Chandimal c Kohli b I Sharma 18
Angelo Mathews not out 22
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (three wickets in 18.1 overs) 67
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tharanga, 0.6 overs), 2-2 (Karunaratne, 3.2), 3-21 (Chandimal, 6.6)
Bowling
Ishant Sharma 7-2-14-2
Umesh Yadav 5-1-32-1
Stuart Binny 4-1-13-0
Amit Mishra 2-0-2-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 0.1-0-4-0
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.