India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test Day 5 Live: Sonal Dinusha century frustrates India as Sri Lanka close in on a dr

Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 387/8 (134.6 overs) 134.6: Saransh Jain to Lahiru Kumara, Serves it full and on the stumps, blocked off the front foot..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 387/8 (134.5 overs) 134.5: Saransh Jain to Lahiru Kumara, Very full from Saransh, on off, Lahiru patiently defends it back to the bowler..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 387/8 (134.4 overs) 134.4: Saransh Jain to Lahiru Kumara, Outside off, on a length, Lahiru Kumara opens the bat face and steers it to backward point..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 387/8 (134.3 overs) 134.3: Saransh Jain to Lahiru Kumara, Slides in and then turns away off a fuller length. Lahiru is drawn forward to defend, but plays inside the line and is beaten by a whisker..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 387/8 (134.2 overs) 134.2: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Full and around off. Sonal unleashes another tireless sweep shot to deep fine leg for a single..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 386/8 (134.1 overs) 134.1: Saransh Jain to Lahiru Kumara, Short and on middle, Lahiru hangs back and whips it to widish mid-wicket for a single.. Saransh Jain will bowl his off-breaks from the other end..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 385/8 (133.6 overs) 133.6: Mohammed Siraj to Sonal Dinusha, Far outside off, on a length. Dinusha is not interested to play at that..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 385/8 (133.5 overs) 133.5: Mohammed Siraj to Sonal Dinusha, Slides down leg, full in length. Sonal misses the flick..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 385/8 (133.4 overs) 133.4: Mohammed Siraj to Sonal Dinusha, In and around off, blocked off safely by Sonal..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 385/8 (133.3 overs) 133.3: Mohammed Siraj to Sonal Dinusha, Comes from around the stump, full and outside off, Sonal leaves again..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 385/8 (133.2 overs) 133.2: Mohammed Siraj to Sonal Dinusha, Outside off, on a length, left alone..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 385/8 (133.1 overs) 133.1: Mohammed Siraj to Sonal Dinusha, HUNDRED FOR SONAL DINUSHA! A wonderful, wonderful effort from the youngster. That's his 3rd Test century in just his fifth appearance in the longest format. Tears of joy in the eyes of his mother, who proudly watches his son make a mark for his country. The appetite for runs and to just stay out there is just amazing from a 25-year-old batter, that too, against a quality bowling lineup. Coming to the ball, this is full and angling into the batter. Sonal flicks it through mid-wicket and hustles back for the second run. Removes his helmet, and he holds his bat aloft to acknowledge the applause from his family, the crowd and his teammates. A knock that will be remembered for a long, long time to come. Sonal becomes the third Sri Lankan batter to score three centuries in a two-Test series. Aravinda de Silva and Kumar Sangakkara are the other two, with Aravinda having achieved the feat twice.. We are back. Weary bodies for India are understandable, having bowled nearly 90 overs in the first innings and having enforced the follow-on, 133 and counting in the second dig. Mohammed Siraj will get the session underway with the ball. Sonal Dinusha is on strike on 98, with his family watching on from the stands with bated breath. Here we go!. ... DAY 5, SESSION 3 .... The clock is ticking - We have 38 overs left in the day, and a draw looks the most likely result at the moment. Even getting four points from a draw would be quite a result for Sri Lanka, given where they were earlier in the Test. The weather has stayed clear so far, and let’s say it remains that way. Two overs will be lost for the changeover, and even if India have around 190 to chase down in, let’s say, 30 overs, it would be a stretch. The final session of the series will commence at 9.45 am GMT (3.15 pm IST). See you then.. Who would have seen this coming? Starting the day with a 16-run lead and 4 wickets in hand and with India having the second new ball, few would have backed Sri Lanka to make it through two sessions without being bowled out. India made a couple of inroads in the first hour or so after the break, but then ran into the stubborn resistance of Lahiru Kumara, who has repaid the faith shown in him by Sonal Dinusha. Dinusha himself has had to battle cramps and is now closing in on what would be his third century of the series.. 9.25 am GMT (2.55 pm IST) - TEA, DAY 5 - Sonal Dinusha walks off to a standing ovation from his teammates and the crowd, and Lahiru Kumara deserves every bit of that applause as well. Another frustrating session for India as Sri Lanka continue to hang in there and, in doing so, have eaten into valuable time..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 383/8 (132.6 overs) 132.6: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Magnificent effort! Full in length, Sonal Dinusha fetches the ball from outside off and sweeps it to short fine leg, and this time, they hustle through for a run. And that will be TEA on Day 5!.Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 382/8 (132.5 overs) 132.5: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, A bit of yes and no! Full on middle, sliding on with the arm. Sonal sweeps it fine towards the short fine leg fielder and looks to steal a run, but Siraj is quick to attack the ball and scores a direct hit but Sonal retreats back to the batting end just in the nick of time..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 382/8 (132.4 overs) 132.4: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, FOUR! Splits the gap and moves to 97! Pushed through, full on middle and leg, Sonal Dinusha gets low down on a knee and sweeps it between short fine leg and square leg for a boundary..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 378/8 (132.3 overs) 132.3: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Length ball, angled down leg, Sonal misses the flick.. Lahiru Kumara needs some medical attention, but the physio is nowhere to be seen. The substitute fielders are ready to come on with the drinks, but have not been allowed onto the field by the umpires..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 378/8 (132.2 overs) 132.2: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Had to really hurry! Not that full, on middle and off, Sonal Dinusha once again employs the reverse sweep to deep backward point and calls his partner through for the second. Jain gets the throw a bit wayward from the stumps, sprints back to gather it, but fumbles and tumbles onto his back as Kumara dives in desperation and almost collides with the bowler..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 376/8 (132.1 overs) 132.1: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Into the 90s, goes Sonal Dinusha. Full and drifting across from around the stumps. Sonal Dinusha reverse sweeps it to the left of Prasidh Krishna at deep third for a couple of runs..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (131.6 overs) 131.6: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Angles away from the batter, full in length, Lahiru lets it through..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (131.5 overs) 131.5: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, On a fuller length, on off, Lahiru Kumara plays from the crease and knocks it down to mid off..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (131.4 overs) 131.4: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Attempted yorker, angled in, Lahiru Kumara jams the bat down to squeeze it out..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (131.3 overs) 131.3: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Full and far outside off, Kumara leaves the harmless delivery..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (131.2 overs) 131.2: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Full and straight, 135.2 kph, Lahiru, rock-solid, digs it back at the bowler..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (131.1 overs) 131.1: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Pushed down leg, on a good length, Lahiru Kumara gets inside the line and leaves..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (130.6 overs) 130.6: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Sliding on with the arm, attacking the front pad. Dinusha lunges for the block. Sonal hops after playing the shot and seems to be experiencing cramps..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (130.5 overs) 130.5: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Looped up, on middle, that is defended solidly off the front foot..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 374/8 (130.4 overs) 130.4: Saransh Jain to Lahiru Kumara, Full and sliding on with the arm, this is tickled off the inner half to fine leg..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 373/8 (130.3 overs) 130.3: Saransh Jain to Lahiru Kumara, FOUR LEG BYES! That has absolutely sped off the surface. On a length, around off, turn and bounce. Lahiru Kumara gets on the front foot to block but does not account for extra bounce and is beaten. The ball brushes his left bicep and shoots between first slip and the wicketkeeper before running to the deep third fence. Sri Lanka lead by 160 runs..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 369/8 (130.2 overs) 130.2: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Full and outside off again, Sonal reverse sweeps it to deep backward point for a single..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (130.1 overs) 130.1: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Play and a miss! Full and outside off, prodigiously turning square to beat Dinusha's attempted sweep..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (129.6 overs) 129.6: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Goes full and at 135.8 kph, outside off, Kumara opens the bat face and eases it through to backward point..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (129.5 overs) 129.5: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Bends his back and bowls a bouncer, on top of leg. Lahiru Kumara safely ducks underneath it..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (129.4 overs) 129.4: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Angles across the batter, on a good length, Lahiru Kumara drags the bat inside the line to make the leave..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (129.3 overs) 129.3: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Angles in and then straightens up, full and outside off, Lahiru Kumara pokes at it loosely without moving his feet and is beaten all ends up..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (129.2 overs) 129.2: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Digs in a bumper, on the stumps, ducked under by Lahiru..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (129.1 overs) 129.1: Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Kumara, Stifled appeal for caught behind, but not given! Pushes it down leg, on a back of a length. Lahiru Kumara lifts his front leg up to tickle it to the leg side, but the ball brushes his trousers on its way to the keeper. UltraEdge shows a spike when the ball is next to his thigh pad..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (128.6 overs) 128.6: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Beauty! Another one that flirts past the bat's edge. Saransh bowls it full and around off. Gets a good bit of bounce, highly unusual on a Day 5 pitch. Sonal leans forward to defend it straight, but the ball whispers past the outside edge. Good, sharp take by Pant, to his left, around his chest..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (128.5 overs) 128.5: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Nice and full, on off, Dinusha confidently defends it into covers..Sri Lanka vs India Live Score : 368/8 (128.4 overs) 128.4: Saransh Jain to Sonal Dinusha, Pitched full and drifting in, Sonal defends it off the front foot. Gets a bit of an inside edge and the ball rolls to square leg.. India have been warned for not starting the over on time.