Spinners lead Sri Lanka's fightback after Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul guide India to solid start in 3rd Test
Here are some photo highlights from Day 1 of the third Test at Kandy.
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Vishwa Fernando bagged his maiden Test wicket in the penultimate over before the close of day’s play. He got rid of Ravichandran Ashwin who edged it to wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella, who dived to his right to complete a stunning catch. Reuters
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Indian skipper, Virat Kohli won all the 3 tosses in the Test series as the visiting captain elected to bat first. Image courtesy: Twitter @BCCI
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KL Rahul played stylishly to equal the record of 7 consecutive half-centuries in Tests, he became the the first Indian to achieve the feat. Reuters
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Sri Lanka missed a few opportunities in the morning session. Lahiru Kumara spilled KL Rahul in the 12 over of the match when he was batting on 28, he went to make 85. Reuters
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Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul played some wonderful shots in their 188-run opening partnership. It was also the highest opening partnership against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka AP
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KL Rahul was caught brilliantly by Dimuth Karunaratne at mid on as he fell 15 short off his 5th Test century. AP
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Dhawan didn’t miss out on reaching his century. He smashed his way to 6th Test ton, 2nd of this series and reached the milestone off just 107 balls. AP
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Sri Lanka’s comeback was started by Malinda Pushpakumara, who accounted for both the Indian openers. Reuters
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Sri Lanka’s chinaman Lakshan Sandakan dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara for 8 to reduce the visitors to 229/3 from 188/0. AP
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Malinda Pushpakumara got one through Ajinkya Rahane to scalp his 3rd wicket of the innings. Rahane didn’t really get going in his innings of 17 off 44 balls. AFP
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