SL hit back after India take 111-run lead
ESPNcricinfo staff
30-Aug-2015
India added just 20 runs to their overnight score as Rangana Herath bowled both Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav. Cheteshwar Pujara, though, remained unbeaten on 145, becoming only the fourth Indian to carry his bat through an innings in Tests • Associated Press
Ishant and Umesh Yadav then got rid of the Sri Lanka openers cheaply, reducing the hosts to 11 for 2 inside six overs•AFP
Stuart Binny compounded Sri Lanka's woes by dismissing Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal; Sri Lanka went to lunch at 47 for 5•AFP
Ishant struck with the second ball after the break to send Lahiru Thirimanne for seven-ball duck, and forced Dhammika Prasad to retire hurt after pinging him on the hand•AFP
Debutant Kusal Perera, however, counterattacked his way to a fifty while adding a vital 79 runs with Herath•AFP
But he top-edged Ishant, handing a straightforward catch to Virat Kohli at mid-off•AFP
Herath frustrated India further by adding 29 runs with Tharindhu Kaushal and 27 with a returning Prasad, but fell one short of a fifty as Ishant completed his five-for. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 201, handing India a 111-run first-innings lead•AFP
Prasad continued his trend of taking a wicket in his first over, bowling Pujara for a two-ball duck with a ripper•AFP
Nuwan Pradeep followed it with a double-strike to leave India at 21 for 3 at stumps•AFP