Starting as overwhelming underdogs, Sri Lanka would have at least hoped for the toss of the coin going their way at the start of the third and the final Test match between India and Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele on Saturday. Rahul, at the other end, in his usual methodical way got his eye in before taking two boundaries of one Kumara over. His first spell read 4-1-35-0.Fernando, just one Test old, fared a tad better, but did not exhibit anything that could have troubled the Indian duo. Dinesh Chandimal, the Sri Lankan captain soon turned to his seam bowling part-timer Dimuth Karunaratne. Rahul was on 28.Spinner Dilruwan Perera was pressed in to action, but to no avail as Rahul and Dhawan scored runs at over five runs per over and took India past the 100-run mark inside the first 20 overs.

Source: Times of India August 12, 2017 06:33 UTC