India took a lead of 178 runs in the first innings by all out Sri Lanka for 284 runs on the third day of the Galle Test. Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja has completed his 350 wickets in Tests. Jadeja became the fourth player in the world to complete 4 thousand runs and 350 wickets in Tests. He is only the second Indian after Kapil Dev to do so. Manav Suthar dismissed Dinesh Chandimal on his very first ball of the match. Records-moments made on the third day… 1. Jadeja completed 350 wickets. Jadeja has become only the fourth player in the world to score more than 4,000 runs in Tests and take more than 350 wickets. Before him, Englishman Ian Botham, India’s Kapil Dev and New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori have achieved this feat. 2. Jadeja: Indian left-arm spinner Jadeja, who has taken the most wickets in Tests, has taken a total of 351 wickets. He is the world’s third highest wicket taker in Tests and India’s first left arm spinner. Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka is in first place. He has 433 wickets in his name in Tests. 3. Dickwella’s 23rd fifty without scoring a Test century Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella has so far scored 50+ 23 times without scoring a century in Tests. He is already at number-1 in this matter. India’s Chetan Chauhan is in second place with 16 half-centuries without a century. Moments from here… 1. Indian innings ended on the fourth ball of the day. At the beginning of the third day’s play, India lost its last wicket on just the fourth ball. Prasidh Krishna tried to play a pull shot on Asitha Fernando’s short ball. The ball hit his gloves and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella. India added only 2 runs to the previous day’s score and the team was all out for 462 runs. 2. Sri Lanka lost the wicket on the second ball. Sri Lanka had a very bad start. The team lost the wicket of Nishan Fernando on the very second ball of the innings. Nishan played a shot on the outgoing ball of Mohammad Siraj. The ball took the outer edge of the bat and went into the hands of Devdutt Padikkal standing at first slip. The team suffered its first setback on the score of zero. 3. Manav Suthar took a wicket on his very first ball. Indian spinner Manav Suthar gave India the second success in the eighth over. He dismissed Dinesh Chandimal on his very first ball in the match. Chandimal moved forward and played the ball coming in from Suthar’s off-stump. The ball touched the glove and went back. Rishabh Pant took the catch by diving to the right. 4. Gill took a diving catch with one hand. Shubman Gill took a brilliant catch in the 17th over of the Sri Lankan innings. On the first ball of Kuldeep Yadav’s over, Kamindu Mendis went ahead and played a shot in the air. Captain Gill dived in the air to the left and took an excellent catch with one hand, a few inches above the ground. 5. Rahul dropped the catch of Dickwella on 20 runs. KL Rahul dropped the catch of Niroshan Dickwella in 35.4 overs, which proved very costly for India. Dickwella played a cut shot on a flighted ball going outside Suthar’s off-stump. The ball was going towards Rahul’s face with the edge of the bat. Rahul saved himself from injury by extending his hand, but could not take the catch. When Rahul dropped the catch, Sri Lanka had lost 5 wickets for 126 runs and Dickwella was on 20 runs. After this, Dickwella played an inning of 80 runs and made a partnership of 146 runs with Sonal Dinusha for the 6th wicket. ————————– Also read this sports news… KL Rahul told his preparation plan on the Sri Lanka tour: Team India’s vice-captain said – it is important to take advantage of experience and capitalize on opportunities. Indian team’s vice-captain KL Rahul has shared his preparation and thoughts regarding the game on the Sri Lanka tour. BCCI’s special interview video ‘Turning Up Ft. During the conversation in ‘KL Rahul’, Rahul said that after playing international cricket for a long time, it is important to make proper use of the experience and capitalize on the opportunities given. Read the full news…
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