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First Test: Sri Lanka score 165/4, trail India by 7 runs on Day 3

By Saurabh Sharma November 18, 2017 • 20:35 PM View: 1750

Kolkata, Nov 18 (Cricketnmore) Angelo Mathews (52) and Lahiru Thirimanne (51) helped Sri Lanka post 165/4 and trail India by only seven runs at stumps on the third day of the first cricket Test at the Eden Gardens here on Saturday.

India pacer Umesh Yadav took two wickets to get rid of the pair who stitched together a 99-run stand for the third wicket. At the close of play, skipper and birthday boy Dinesh Chandimal (12) and wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella (14) were at the crease.

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