Dinusha hits maiden hundred for Sri Lanka but India take control of first test

[p]Replying to ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a]'s 462, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sri-lanka/zahH5UHg/"]Sri Lanka[/a] were bowled out for 284 despite a spirited ‌sixth-wicket partnership of 146 between Dinusha (100) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dickwella-niroshan/d4WEteAq/"]Niroshan ‌Dickwella[/a] (80).[/p][p]India could not add to their first-innings lead of 178 as ‌dark clouds and the possibility of a storm prompted ‌an early end to the day three action.[/p][p]Earlier, Sri Lanka needed only four balls to take India's final first-innings wicket, but soon ‌found themselves in deep trouble after ⁠losing half their own side ‌during the morning session.[/p][embed guid="1b1a8ab4-9778-45a1-bb04-f8bef93f3dd0" url="https://x.com/OfficialSLC/status/2089314252368797751" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/siraj-mohammed/EPQqSEB7/"]Mohammed Siraj[/a] opened the floodgates by dismissing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sindhu-nishant/veaVAbzb/"]Nishan ​Fernando[/a] for a second-ball duck before India's three-pronged spin attack took control.[/p][p]Left-arm spinner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suthar-manav/WfDHU91G/"]Manav Suthar[/a] (4-76) struck ​with his first delivery as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chandimal-dinesh/C04LJVMd/"]Dinesh Chandimal[/a] (4) edged behind. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kumara-lahiru/ljF8jX0j/"]Lahiru Udara[/a] (27) struck six fours before slicing Suthar to backward ⁠point.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gill-shubman/KOAQiuhe/"]Shubman Gill[/a] then produced ​a stunning diving catch at extra cover, leaping to his left to send back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mendis-kamindu/CY59w205/"]Kamindu Mendis[/a] (14) off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yadav-kuldeep/QuQQCaL1/"]Kuldeep Yadav[/a].[/p][p]The collapse became a full-blown crisis when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jadeja-ravindra/IVAZlTEH/"]Ravindra Jadeja[/a] had Sri ‌Lanka captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-silva-dhananjaya/S0pqz8PP/"]Dhananjaya de Silva[/a] caught at slip for 21, leaving the hosts reeling at 90-5.[/p][p]Dickwella and Dinusha, however, mounted a defiant fightback that frustrated India through the afternoon.[/p][p]Playing his first test in three years, Dickwella was given a reprieve on 20 when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rahul-lokesh/lY19PeDI/"]KL Rahul[/a] dropped him at slip. He made India pay, combining with Dinusha to deny the visitors a wicket throughout the second session.[/p][p]Dickwella ‌eventually fell caught behind off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krishna-prasidh/hndRkHjr/"]Prasidh Krishna[/a], but Dinusha could ​not be denied his hundred, which he brought up ‌with a single off Suthar.[/p][p]His splendid innings, featuring four fours and two sixes, ended when Jadeja (3-57) trapped him lbw.[/p][p]Dinusha, convinced he had got an inside edge, immediately reviewed the decision. But UltraEdge showed no contact, ⁠and he walked off ⁠shaking his head after ‌a stellar innings.[/p]