Samarawickrama's brilliance in the field floors Virat Kohli, Delhi crowd! -- WATCH

The game seems to be tilted towards the favour of the hosts and given it is Day 5, the Indian spinners could wreck havoc

Ankit Banerjee
Dec 05, 2017

Sadeera Samarawickrama almost pulled off a blinder but ended up stopping a certain boundary, which won the appreciation of the Indian captain Virat Kohli and the Delhi crowd. It was full-stretch from the youngster at deep mid-wicket. Samarawickrama is highly-rated in the Lankan domestic scene and now faith in him seems to be paying dividends. He could not hold on to the catch but saved a certain boundary.

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The incident took place on Day 4 of the 3rd Test at Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday.

It was the elegant Rohit Sharma, who played a well-timed pull shot off a Suranga Lakmal bouncer. The ball whistled off the bat, but Samarawickrama produced a stunning full body length dive to attempt a catch. He nearly made the impossible happen. The incident took place off the second ball of the 47th over.

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Sri Lanka’s fielding effort, Kotla’s applause https://t.co/8At0nAS1Io #BCCI

— Cricket-atti (@cricketatti) December 5, 2017

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Meanwhile, Rohit’s purple patch continued as he remained unbeaten on 50 as India declared their innings at 246/5 and set a 410-run target. Shikhar Dhawan (67), Cheteshwar Pujara (49) and Kohli (50) also contributed with the bat. It is also Shikhar Dhawan’s birthday and ironically he was the highest scorer for India in the second innings.

Here is how Team India celebrated his birthday after the days play…

We are not letting the birthday boy @SDhawan25 escape today. _ pic.twitter.com/OAtnIi203M

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 5, 2017

Sri Lanka needs 371 to win with 7 wickets in the bank. The game seems to be tilted towards the favour of the hosts and given it is Day 5, the Indian spinners could wreck havoc.