SPORT LD SL 4 LAST

The only wicket that the visitors lost in the post-lunch
session was that of young left-hander Tharanga Paranavitana
(35), who edged Ishant Sharma to wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh
Dhoni who caught it brilliantly one-handed by diving to the
left in front of first slip Sachin Tendulkar.

Paranavitana, who looked hardly in trouble with Dilshan,
was lured by a ball angled away from him and took the edge of
his bat. He and his opening partner added 74 runs in quick
time and Paranavitana hit six fours in his 55-ball knock.
This was the lone success for the Indian bowlers in the
session between lunch and tea that yielded 118 runs in 26
overs.
Runs came at a brisk pace as the Lankans added 55 runs in
12 overs in the first post-lunch hour of play for
Paranavitana's wicket and then 63 runs without losing a wicket
in 14 overs till tea.
Dilshan, who has scored four centuries and over 900 runs
this year, drove powerfully to the off side and played very
few false strokes.
Both the pre-lunch and post-lunch sessions belonged to
the visitors as they first fought back since yesterday’s
position and dismissed the last four Indian wickets for only
41 runs this morning. PTI SSR
MYR



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