22 Sunday, July 30, 2017 SPORTS

India’s plays a shot SCOREBOARD India India 1st innings 600: Dhawan 190, Pujara 153; Pradeep 6-132 2nd innings (overnight 189-3) S. Dhawan c Gunathilaka b Perera 14 A. Mukund lbw Gunathilaka 81 C. Pujara c Mendis b Kumara 15 GallethrashWith allrounder Asela wentSri on to take the series 2-1 wasLanka not enough support at the his name, gave the easiest of V. Kohli (c) 103 ndia Virat Kohli Gunaratne and stand-in and then return to number other end. catches to Hardik Pandya as A. Rahane not out 23 completed his 17th Test captain one in the Test rankings in the Mohammed Shami forced he skipped down the Extras (w2, nb1 lb1) 4 tonI yesterday and then let his unable to bat through injury, following months. Karunaratne’s fellow opener looking for a big hit. Total (53 overs - three ) 240 bowlers demolish injury-hit called it a day with “We are a more experienced to play the Wicketkeeper Niroshan Sri Lanka 1st innings 291: Tharanga 64, Sri Lanka to claim a 304-run eight wickets down and the side now. We are playing more ball onto his stumps for 10. Dickwella made 67 and Mathews 83, Perera 92no; Jadeja 3-67 victory inside four days in the total on 245. consistent and that went his 101 with Sri Lanka 2nd innings first Test. Ravindra Jadeja and shows,” Kohli said after the for two, giving an easy catch Karunaratne raised Sri D. Karunaratne not out 97 It was India’s biggest Ravichandran Ashwin each big win. to at short Lankan hopes for a while, U. Tharanga b Shami 10 winning margin in Sri Lanka took three wickets for the The captain reached an square leg two overs later. before he was also caught M. Gunathilaka c Pujara b Yadav 2 and showed just why they are dominant tourists. unbeaten 103 at the start of made a behind. That brought in K. Mendis c Saha b Adejja 36 the top-ranked Test side in the Kohli modestly called it a the day before declaring India’s promising 36 before he made Dilruwan Perera, top scorer A. Mathews c Pandya b Jadeja 2 world. “clinical performance” after second innings on 240-3. He the thinnest of touches to in Sri Lanka’s first innings N. Dickwella c Saha b Ashwin 67 Set a daunting 550 to win, his side scored 600 in the first then gave his bowlers the job of wicketkeeper Wriddhiman with 92. But Karunaratne Dilruwan Perera not out 21 made innings and then restricted Sri grinding down the home side. Saha. The TV umpire gave it paid the price for a rare rash N. Pradeep c Kohli b Ashwin 0 97 for Sri Lanka, but after his Lanka to 291. Karunaratne’s stubborn out after a Kohli appeal. shot and was bowled by L. Kumara c Shami b Jadeja 0 departure in the final session India lost the opening match 208-ball innings took him past Former Sri Lanka skipper Ashwin, who is now on 275 Extras (w7, lb3) 10 their hopes sank in Galle. in Galle two years ago, but 2,500 career Test runs but there , with two to Test wickets. (AFP) Total (76.5 overs) 245 Kvyat close to race ban after penalty rides his luck Budapest ussian Daniil Kvyat was handed a three-place grid drop and Ra penalty point on his super licence yesterday for impeding as Eng extend third test lead Canadian rookie Lance Stroll during qualifying for today’s Hungarian Grand Prix. London occasion. caught behind to end the The penalty increases his tally to 10 in the last 12 months and eaton Jennings survived Earlier, ’s BRIEF SCORE innings. leaves him within two points of a one-race ban. Ka couple of scares against gutsy 52 helped South Africa England 353 and 74 for 1 (Jennings Middlesex seamer Roland- Kvyat qualified 13th for Toro Rosso. his native South Africa as avoid the follow-on. 34*, Westley 28*) lead South Africa Jones finished with figures of Stroll of Williams was on a flying lap in Q1 when he came England maintained their grip His innings was the 175 (Bavuma 52, Roland-Jones five for 57 in 16.4 overs. behind Kvyat at Turn 11 of the Hungaroring circuit and was on the third Test at The Oval cornerstone of the Proteas’ 175 5-57) by 252 runs In the process he became forced to go round his car. yesterday. all out. just the sixth England In a radio message to his team, Kvyat said he was “blocked”. England were 74 for one in That left then 178 runs cricketer, and first since When Kvyat realised, he said he pulled across to the grass to their second innings, a lead behind England’s first Toby Roland-Jones, who’d in 2009, to make room for Stroll. of 252 runs at stumps on a innings 353, which featured removed all of South Africa’s take five or more wickets in The stewards judged that Kvyat did not do enough to avoid gloomy third day where rain Ben Stokes’s 112 and former top four in a sensational debut a debut Test innings. impeding other drivers. meant only 32 overs out of captain Cook’s 88. display on Friday, had Bavuma (AFP) The Russian said: “I have to accept their decision. scheduled 98 were bowled. Unfortunately, we had a miscommunication with the team. The Jennings was 34 not out and team didn’t tell me anyone was coming.” (AFP) Tom Westley, one of three debutants in England’s XI, unbeaten on 28 in what is the 100th Test at The Oval. England’s Smith takes lead into Johannesburg born and raised Jennings, the 11th man European Open final round tried as an England Test opener Hamburg alongside since ngland’s Jordan Smith will take a two-shot lead into the final retired in 2012, round of the European Open in Hamburg after shooting a was under pressure for his secondE consecutive 67 yesterday as he targets a first tour title. place after a run of low scores Smith’s bogey-free five-under-par round left him on 12-under -- including a duck in the first overall with Sweden’s Jens Fahrbring and France’s Alexander innings of this match. Levy his nearest challengers, each on 10 under par. The 25-year-old Durham Levy is still in contention to retain his title after a day on which left-hander, England-qualified he was forced to complete his second round before a third round through his mother and by of 69. residence, nearly fell cheaply The Frenchman was one of a number of players who had been again to another slip catch forced to come back early on Saturday after lengthy rain delays on by off Vernon Friday had brought a premature end to play. (AFP) Philander only for an edge England’s Keaton Jennings, Alastair Cook and South Africa’s leave the field due on six to be dropped on this to rain (photo courtesy: theguardian)