Virat Kohli didn't need a pollution mask to bat nearly two days: Bharat Arun
Cricket | December 03, 2017 21:21 ISTAll the Sri Lankan fielders were wearing anti-pollution masks while fielding during the post-lunch session.
All the Sri Lankan fielders were wearing anti-pollution masks while fielding during the post-lunch session.
With players complaining of uneasiness, there were multiple interruptions resulting in loss of 26 minutes of play, forcing India to declare their innings at 536 for seven.
India skipper Virat Kohli hit a career-best 243 even as play was halted on the request of visitors in the post-lunch session due to poor air quality on the second day of the third Test in Delhi on Sunday.
Sri Lanka were 131 for three at close on the second day of the third Test after India declared their first innings at a massive score of 536 for seven in Delhi on Sunday.
Sri Lanka's refusal forced an animated India skipper Virat Kohli to declare at 536 for 7 after some of the visiting team's substitute fielders refused to take the field.
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Dias refused to be critical of the under-performing side that is 0-1 down in the three-Test series and has been put under pressure.
Samarawickrama was hit off the last delivery of the 30th over bowled by Dilruwan Perera, when Murali Vijay tried to pull a short delivery on the first day.
India have raced to 371 for four after the opening day, looking set for another big total.
Bangar is confident that Rahane will bounce back as he has the ability to do so.
Riding on a 283-run third wicket stand between Murali Vijay (155) and Virat Kohli (156 not out), the hosts dominated the day 1 of third Test before chinaman Lakshan Sandakan's twin strikes helped Sri Lanka recover.
Kohli's 156*, who is on a record-breaking spree, smashed his 20th hundred in the company of Murali Vijay 155 as they added 283 runs for the third wicket against Sri Lanka.
To go with that, Kohli also managed to cross the barrier of 16,000 international runs across all formats.
Skipper Virat Kohli and opener Murali Vijay knitted a mammoth 283-run stand for the third wicket to help hosts dominate against Sri Lanka on day 1 of the third and final Test at Kotla, Delhi.
When it comes to high-pressure situations, Dhoni does know how to keep his calm and the picture does reflect his composed face.
Starting from Kohli, each and every Indian player, during interactions with media, spoke about how pitches against Sri Lanka have been prepared keeping the tour of South Africa in mind.
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Sri Lanka lost the second Test by an innings and 239 runs and Mathews has been going through a rough patch for quite some time now.
The Tamil Nadu opener revealed that sharing feelings about selection openly with each other helps them to move on rather than keeping things brewing inside.
India are 1-0 up in the series which could have easily been 2-0 had Kohli and his men got an extra 45 minutes on the final day of the rain-curtailed first Test that ended in a draw.
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