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Scorecard 1st innings M. Renshaw c Kohli b Yadav 44 D. Warner c & b Jadeja 19 Smith, “Maxi played S. Smith 117 beautifully. Stuck to his S. Marsh c Pujara b Ashwin 2 plans and struck the bad P. Handscomb lbw b Yadav 19 balls. It is a good pitch so G. Maxwell not out 82 we will need all the runs we can get,” said Smith Extras (b4, lb11, nb1) 16 Maxwell of India’s newest Test Total (4 , 90 overs) 299 venue. Kohli injury While Smith was enjoying a satisfying day at the office, his power opposite number Kohli injured his right shoulder while fielding in the 40th over and stayed in the pavilion for the rest of the day. Kohli fell awkwardly while trying to save a at long-on and instantly left Australia the field while clutching his Ranchi Test with a boundary off shoulder. He was later seen ustralian skipper , raising his bat to the putting on ice packs in the silenced acknowledge the generous applause dressing room and is to Ahis critics with a gritty of the home crowd. undergo a scan. century on the opening Smith, who crossed the 5,000- The injury comes after day of the third Test run mark in his 52nd Test, became a string of low scores against India, before the first Australian to for Kohli who angered declaring he had moved score two hundreds in a series in the Australians on from his war of India. He hit 109 in the opener by claiming words with . in Pune. Smith’s actions The visitors were West Indies’ Clive Lloyd (1974- in Bangalore 299 for four at 75 and 1983-84) and ’s were part of a Virat Kohli reacts after stumps after electing (2012-13) are the concerted effort he was injured to bat first in their only other international captains to to abuse DRS rather 800th Test at a venue have scored two or more centuries than being a one-off which is hosting its during a series in India. lapse. first ever five-day At the other end Maxwell, who Smith, who hit 13 international, with was drafted into the XI in place of boundaries in an otherwise Smith unbeaten injured , changed sedate knock, put on 51 runs on 117 and Glenn gears after reaching his fifty with a for the fourth with Peter Maxwell on 82. six off Ravindra Jadeja. Handscomb (19) after Australia lost Smith, at the centre Maxwell, playing his fourth Test, three wickets in the morning. of a major row after smashed 5 fours and 2 sixes as he Opening batsman Matt Renshaw being accused by Kohli took the attack to the opposition in (44) gave the visitors a brisk start of systematically abusing the final session of play. before undoing his hard work the decision review system The stand between Smith and by edging a wide get Warner (19) trudging back to (DRS) in the last Test in Maxwell is Australia’s best for the , with Kohli taking the the pavilion. The four-match series Bangalore, put on 159 runs fifth wicket in India, surpassing catch at first slip. is tantalisingly poised at 1-1 with Australian with Maxwell to lift Australia the 145-run between Renshaw and had India needing at least a draw to batsman and from 140-4. Michael Clarke and put on 50 runs for the opening have any chance of winning back team captain The 27-year-old during the second Test of the 2013 wicket before left-arm spinner the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Steven Smith Smith brought up his 19th series. Jadeja struck in his first over to (AFP) plays a shot rattle

Colombo lead Bangladesh by 124 runs Scorecard ri Lanka took a flurry of late after making 338 in their first wickets to put the brakes on innings, thanks largely to a Scores at stumps on the second day: SBangladesh at the second Test fighting century by Dinesh Sri Lanka 1st innings in yesterday after the Chandimal. Total (all out, 113.3 overs) 338 tourists made a promising start Bangladesh thought they to their first innings with a were in a comfortable position Bangladesh 1st innings 95-run partnership. after Soumya made his third lbw b Herath 49 top-scored fifty in the series in as many Soumya Sarkar b Sandakan 61 for Bangladesh with 61 while innings, and Tamim made 49 lbw b Sandakan 34 sharing a solid opening stand before being trapped lbw by Sri Lankan cricketer c de Silva b Lakmal 42 with Tamim Iqbal which Sri Lankan skipper Rangana lbw b Sandakan 0 gave the visitors the upper Herath. (L) unsuccessfully hand on day two before their Sandakan then trapped not out 18 appeals for the wick- not out 2 innings unravelled late in the Imrul Kayes plumb in front et of Bangladesh Extras (b4, lb4) 8 afternoon. to dismiss him for 34 and batsman Tamim Left-arm spinner Lakshan then successfully reviewed Iqbal (R) Total (five wickets; 60 overs) 214 Sandakan claimed two wickets a not out decision to remove in two balls in the final hour as nightwatchman Taijul Islam Sri Lanka reduced Bangladesh off the next ball. 42, playing the lead role in a Sandakan then bowled Bangladesh’s coach Shakib Al Hasan lived to 214-5 at the close after the Suranga Lakmal delivered 62-run partnership with Imrul Soumya before finishing the Thilan Samaraweera. dangerously to see out the day latest in a string of collapses by a further blow to the visiting for the third wicket. day with 3-65. “Honestly I am “Tomorrow is a new day, with unbeaten 18 alongside Test ’s newest team. side when he removed Sabbir After Herath earned Sri out of ideas, the same thing hopefully we can get close to skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, who It means the hosts still Rahman after he had scored Lanka’s first breakthrough, happened every time,” said Sri Lanka’s score.” was on two at the close. (AFP)