Sri Lanka Forced to Follow On, New Spinner Saransh Jain Takes First Two Wickets of His Career
Colombo: Sri Lanka, making desperate efforts to avoid defeat in the second and final Test against India, were forced to follow on on the fourth day today. Mohammed Siraj struck right at the start of the second innings, claiming the first wicket when Sri Lanka had scored just 12 runs.
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Chasing India’s imposing first-innings total of 503/9 declared, Dhananjaya de Silva’s team needed to reach 304 to avoid the follow-on. However, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 290.
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India secured a 213-run first-innings lead and, barring a major intervention from the weather, now appear almost certain to win this Test as well and complete a 2-0 series whitewash.
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Sri Lankan batter Sonal Dinusha scored a century in the first innings before being dismissed. He made 103 runs off 162 balls.
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New India Test player and off-spinner Saransh Jain claimed the final two wickets of Sri Lanka’s first innings in successive deliveries, opening his international wicket-taking account in dramatic fashion.
Those two wickets proved crucial in forcing Sri Lanka to follow on, as the hosts fell 14 runs short of the required total to avoid the follow-on.
