India narrowly miss win in Eden Test vs Sri Lanka


Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS): Virat Kohli authored a captains knock of 104 not out while Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned spectacular figures of 11-8-8-4 as India narrowly missed a spectacular win when the first Test match against Sri Lanka ended in a draw at the Eden Gardens here on Monday.

Brief scores: India 172 and 352/8 declared (Virat Kohli 104 not out, Shikhar Dhawan 94, Lokesh Rahul 79; Lakmal 3/93) draws Sri Lanka: 294 and 75/7 (B Kumar 4/8, M Shami 2/34)

  

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  • Jay, Mangalore

    Mon, Nov 20 2017

    Virat's greediness to score a century cost us a victory here.

    They should have declared when the lead was 200. They wasted 10 overs. This Srilankan team wouldn't have chased 200 runs for sure.

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