Zeecric Bureau
Ahmedabad: Sri Lanka steadily consolidated their show of strength, moving to 483/5 at tea on the third day of the first Test of the 3-Test series in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
After Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored 112 yesterday, Mahela Jayawardene became Sri Lanka’s second centurion of the match as the visitors dwarfed India’s first innings score of 426 runs with comfortable ease.
Jayawardene produced an uncharacteristically measured, but effective nonetheless, effort with the bat, as he slammed his Test career’s 26th century. Singles and doubles contributed a bulk to Jayawardene’s innings who had hit 12 fours and a six so far as the Sri Lankans batted their way into the driver’s seat. Read More