SPORT LD SL 2

Sri Lanka's hopes of staving off defeat entirely rest on
Sangakkara who has to bat out the entire day alongwith the
tailenders or take a big enough lead which will take the game
out of India's grasp.

The Sri Lankan captain, who had never scored even a half
century in India, began cautiously but played some delightful
strokes at the fag end of the day.
Resuming at the overnight score of 11 for no loss, the
Lankans needed a solid start from their openers but that did
not happen.
The home team struck a major blow in the ninth over when
Dilshan (16) was sent back through a dubious umpiring
decision.
The right-hander, who was unlucky to be given out when in
full bloom at 109 in the first innings, suffered at the hands
of the umpires for the second time in the match as he offered
no shot to a sharply spinning ball from Harbhajan Singh that
was also rising after pitching.
TV replays suggested the ball was not only missing the
leg stump but was also climbing above the bails but Daryl
Harper thought otherwise after an animated appeal by the
bowler and his teammates.
In the first innings, Nigel Long was the umpire who
declared Dilshan out caught at short leg, again off Harbhajan,
when the ball seemed to have gone off his pads without
touching the bat. More PTI SSR
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