Pink ball Test: Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne hits 14th Test hundred against India in Bengaluru

Pink ball Test: Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne played patiently and scored his 14th Test hundred against India on Day 3 of the second and final Test in Bengaluru.

Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne scored his 14th Test hundred to delay India's win on Day 3 of the ongoing Pink ball Test in Bengaluru on Monday. Wickets continued to fall at the other end but skipper Karunaratne played patiently to bring up his century in Sri Lanka's second innings.

Skipper Karunaratne continued to hold the fort, using good footwork to tackle the spin as he brought up his hundred off 165 balls, including fourteen fours. Karunaratne became only the third Sri Lankan captain to score a ton in India.

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Chasing a daunting target of 447 for victory, Jasprit Bumrah had dismissed Lankan opener Lahiru Thirimanne for a duck in the first over of the innings late on day two.

But Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis chipped away in the first hour and together the pair survived a couple of edges to bring up Sri Lanka's highest partnership of the series (97) while Mendis also brought up his half-century.

However, India finally made the breakthrough when spinner Ravichandran Ashwin enticed Mendis (54) to dance down the track, with the Lankan batsman misjudging the line as Pant collected the ball and quickly whipped off the bails.

Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka's top scorer in the first innings, lasted only five balls as Ravindra Jadeja broke through his defense to knock over his leg stump, while Ashwin struck again to have Dhananjaya de Silva caught at the forward short leg.