Sri Lanka was bowled out for 367 runs in their second innings as Dinesh Chandimal made an unbeaten 162, leaving India to chase 176 runs for victory in the third session of the third day of the first Test in Galle today (14). Resuming from their overnight total of 5 for 2, Sri Lanka moved on and were badly placed again at 95 for 5 until Chandimal came up with a heroic knock of 162 not out off 169 deliveries, inclusive of 19 fours and four sixes. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin completed a match bag of ten wickets. India made 375 runs in the first innings to take a healthy lead of 188 runs after restricting Sri Lanka at 183. Sri Lanka First innings 183 all out (49.4) (Lahiru Thirimanne 13, Angelo Mathews 64, Dinesh Chandimal 59, Rangana Herath 23, Ravichandran Ashwin 6/46, Amit Mishra 2/21) Second innings 367 all out (82.2) (Kumar Sangakkara 40, Angelo Mathews 39, Dinesh Candimal 162n.o, Lahiru Thirimanne 44, Jehan Mubarak 49, Ravichandran Ashwin 4/114, Amit Mishra 3/61) India First innings 375 all out (117.4) (Shikhar Dhawan 134, Virat Kohli 103, Wriddhiman Saha 60, Tharindu Kaushal 5/134, Nuwan Pradeep 3/98)
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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