India tighten grip on SSC Test
ESPNcricinfo staff
31-Aug-2015
Resuming from an overnight score of 21 for 3, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma added 57 for the fourth wicket and steadied the innings • Associated Press
Kohli fell for 21 when he chased a wide ball from Nuwan Pradeep and edged it behind•Associated Press
Rohit, though, brought up his fourth Test fifty and was ably complemented by Stuart Binny before holing out to long leg•Associated Press
Naman Ojha pitched in with 35 off 63 balls....•AFP
... while R Ashwin, who farmed the strike intelligently in a 55-run partnership with Amit Mishra, hit 58 off 87 balls. India set Sri Lanka a daunting target of 386•AFP
The India innings, however, ended in ugly fashion with Ishant Sharma and Dhammika Prasad having a go at each other; Dinesh Chandimal joined the altercation later•AFP
A pumped-up Ishant struck twice, reducing the hosts to 21 for 3•AFP
Kaushal Silva and Mathews saw out the day without any further damage, but Sri Lanka were still left facing a daunting task to save the Test and series on the final day•AFP