Sonal Dinusha continued his resilient innings and guided Sri Lanka to 175 for 6 at lunch on day five of the first cricket test, holding on as India pushes for the four wickets it needs for victory.
Sri Lanka resumed yesterday at 84-4, trailing by 287 runs, with Sonal Dinusha — who scored a century in the first innings — not out on 25 and captain Dhananjaya de Silva on 31.
Dinusha survived the morning session, moving to 65 not out from 112 balls and hitting six fours and a six.
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However, India managed to break his long partnership with de Silva, who scored 59, and then snared another wicket as it edged closer to a win.
Sri Lanka needed another 197 runs for an improbable win or to bat through another 65 overs to salvage a draw.
India posted 462 in its first innings and, after dismissing for Sri Lanka for 284 in reply, tallied 193 in its second innings to set the hosts a 372-run chase.
Dinusha and de Silva had batted together for 12.2 overs in the final session on day four, and they looked to extend their partnership by cutting down any risky shots. The partnership scored 54 runs in the first hour of play yesterday, with both batters going past 50.
Skipper de Silva got there first — 50 off 125 balls — and Dinusha scored his half-century off 77 balls. Their partnership neared the century mark until Ravindra Jadeja provided the breakthrough for India when he had de Silva caught at short fine leg attempting a sweep shot.
Four overs later, India had another wicket when Niroshan Dickwella (10) was caught behind off Prasidh Krishna.
Sri Lanka was just past 150 at that stage, but Keshara Nuwantha faced 27 deliveries to stay unbeaten and keep Dinusha company until the first interval.
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