Karunaratne, Mathews keep the fight on for Lanka (Lunch Report)
Sunday - August 6, 2017 12:34 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Colombo Aug 6 (IANS) Batsmen Dimuth Karunaratne (136 batting) and Angelo Mathews (28 batting) kept up the Sri Lankan fight against India posting 302/4 in the second innings by lunch on Day-4 in the second Test here on Sunday.
After losing Malinda Pushpakumara (16) and skipper Dinesh Chandimal (2) shortly in the morning session Karunaratne and Mathews were unbeaten with 61-run stand between them when the umpires called for lunch.
For India spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja scalped one wicket each in the morning session.
Brief Scores:
Sri Lanka: 183 and 302/4 (Karunaratne 136 batting Ashwin 1/106)
against India 622/9 declared.
--IANS
sam/amit/vt
