Sri Lanka force draw, India win series 1-0
Dec 6, 2017 - 12:18 PM Sri Lanka's Dhananjaya de Silva struck a heroic hundred and Roshen Silva made a gallant unbeaten 74 to help secure a morale-boosting draw in the final Test against India, who won the three-match series 1-0.Playing his first match in the series, de Silva braved a thigh injury to score 119 before retiring hurt.
Debutant Silva and Niroshan Dickwella then batted out the final session as the tourists secured their second draw of the series.
The tourists, who finished on 5-299, could not chase down the 410-run victory target but battled superbly to salvage some pride after being outplayed in the series.
India's ninth straight Test series triumph puts the world No.1 side into an elite club with Australia and England.
"When you're not able to finish off in the second innings after having them three down on day four is disappointing," India captain Virat Kohli said after being named man of the match and man of the series.
"But they played well, they showed composure and confidence," added the batsman who was given the man-of-the-match and man-of-the-series awards.
Resuming at a precarious 3-31, Sri Lanka lost Angelo Mathews early in the morning session but de Silva and Dinesh Chandimal resisted India for two hours as the smog-hit Test finally saw a mostly sunny day.
India tasted success in the sixth over when Mathews was caught in the slip off Ravindra Jadeja for one.
Dropped three times in his first innings knock of 111, Mathews was not so lucky in the second, given out on a no-ball which went undetected by umpire Joel Wilson.
Jadeja bowled Chandimal, then on 24, with a drifted, sharply-turning ball but replays confirmed the left-arm spinner had marginally overstepped.
Nimble-footed de Silva scored freely, especially against the spinners, while Chandimal looked content playing second fiddle.
Ashwin ended the 112-run partnership when he lured Chandimal out of the crease and spun the ball past his bat to hit the stumps.
The Sri Lanka captain, who smashed a career-best 164 in the first innings, made 36.
Source: AAP
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