Retiring Sangakkara, Silva rescue Sri Lanka

India 1st innings: 393/10 Sri Lanka 1st innings: 140/3

AFP, COLOMBO: Kumar Sangakkara contributed to a Sri Lankan revival in his final Test as India found wickets hard to come by in the second Test in Colombo on Friday.
The hosts recovered from an early setback to close the second day at 140-3 in their first innings, still 253 runs behind India's total of 393 with seven wickets in hand.
Sangakkara survived a torrid start to make 32, adding 74 for the second wicket with Kaushal Silva after Dimuth Karunaratne was leg-before to Umesh Yadav in the second over of the innings.
Silva, who had been caught behind off Stuart Binny on 14 before replays indicated a no-ball, scored 51.
At stumps, Lahiru Thirimanne was unbeaten on 28 and skipper Angelo Mathews was on 19.
India, seeking a series-levelling win after losing the first Test in Galle by 63 runs, were all out in the third over after lunch with wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha making 56.
Sangakkara, the fifth-highest run-getter in Test history who will quit international cricket after the match, walked on to warm applause from some 4,000 home fans and a guard of honour by the Indian
fielders.
But the left-hander endured a tough time in the middle after keeping out a first-ball yorker from Yadav. He remained scoreless for 13 deliveries before steering Ishant Sharma to third man for two to get off the mark.
Sangakkara drove Yadav to the point fence for his first boundary, but escaped narrowly on 24 when Ajinkya Rahane failed to grasp a sharp chance in the slips after the batsman slashed at Ravichandran Ashwin.
Sangakkara managed to add only eight more runs before the same Ashwin-Rahane combination got rid of him after tea with the fielder completing a low catch in the slips.
Silva, who made five and zero in the first Test, defied the Indian bowlers for more than three hours before top-edging a sweep off Amit Mishra to Ashwin at fine-leg.
Earlier, Saha followed his 60 in the first innings at Galle with another gutsy half-century before he was ninth out, leg-before to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath after lunch.

 

Retiring Sangakkara, Silva rescue Sri Lanka

India 1st innings: 393/10 Sri Lanka 1st innings: 140/3

AFP, COLOMBO: Kumar Sangakkara contributed to a Sri Lankan revival in his final Test as India found wickets hard to come by in the second Test in Colombo on Friday. The hosts recovered from an early setback to close the second day at 140-3 in their first innings, still 253 runs behind Indias total of 393 with seven wickets in hand. Sangakkara survived a torrid start to make 32, adding 74 for the second wicket with Kaushal Silva after Dimuth Karunaratne was leg-before to Umesh Yadav in the second over of the innings. Silva, who had been caught behind off Stuart Binny on 14 before replays indicated a no-ball, scored 51. At stumps, Lahiru Thirimanne was unbeaten on 28 and skipper Angelo Mathews was on 19. India, seeking a series-levelling win after losing the first Test in Galle by 63 runs, were all out in the third over after lunch with wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha making 56. Sangakkara, the fifth-highest run-getter in Test history who will quit international cricket after the match, walked on to warm applause from some 4,000 home fans and a guard of honour by the Indian fielders. But the left-hander endured a tough time in the middle after keeping out a first-ball yorker from Yadav. He remained scoreless for 13 deliveries before steering Ishant Sharma to third man for two to get off the mark. Sangakkara drove Yadav to the point fence for his first boundary, but escaped narrowly on 24 when Ajinkya Rahane failed to grasp a sharp chance in the slips after the batsman slashed at Ravichandran Ashwin. Sangakkara managed to add only eight more runs before the same Ashwin-Rahane combination got rid of him after tea with the fielder completing a low catch in the slips. Silva, who made five and zero in the first Test, defied the Indian bowlers for more than three hours before top-edging a sweep off Amit Mishra to Ashwin at fine-leg. Earlier, Saha followed his 60 in the first innings at Galle with another gutsy half-century before he was ninth out, leg-before to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath after lunch.