1st Test: England spoil Rangana Herath's farewell after crushing Sri Lanka by 211 runs
Cricket | November 10, 2018 9:23 ISTAfter setting Sri Lanka an improbable winning target of 461 and two days to do it, England bossed the first test.
After setting Sri Lanka an improbable winning target of 461 and two days to do it, England bossed the first test.
The former Sri Lanka skipper is retiring from all forms of cricket in Galle after this first test of three.
Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement Monday that Herath announced his decision at a meeting with cricket board officials.
The veteran spinner snared 6-98, including the vital wicket that broke up South Africa's 123-run sixth-wicket stand.
Even without suspended captain Dinesh Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusingha, and manager Asanka Gurusinha, Sri Lanka crushed South Africa by 278 runs inside three days of the first Test in Galle.
Perera was the most devastating as he recorded figures of 6 wickets for 32 runs with Herath and Sandakan sharing the rest.
Herath achieved this feat in the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh where he collected his 415th wicket, overtaking Wasim Akram's 414 to become the highest left-arm Test wicket-taker.
Jeffrey Vandersay is being flown to India as a cover for veteran spinner Herath for the third Test, which will begin from December 2 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
Herath snatched six wickets on the last day of the Test and to become the first left-arm spinner to claim 400 wickets in cricket's traditional format.
To get a victory on a surface which is not offering much, that really gives the team the confidence of doing it once more if we get a surface like that, Kohli added.
India defeated hosts Sri Lanka by 304 runs in the opening match of three-match Test series at Galle International Stadium on Saturday.
Perera scored a valiant unbeaten 92 and together with Angelo Mathews (83) had put on 62 runs for the sixth wicket to keep Sri Lanka afloat in their first innings, which eventually finished at 291 runs in Galle Test.
India extended their lead to a massive 498 by ending the rain-hit third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at 189/3 at Galle.
Centurions Dhawan and Pujara shared a 253-run for the second-wicket that helped India to put on a huge score on Day 1 of Galle Test.
Sri Lanka will miss the services of newly-appointed regular Test skipper Dinesh Chandimal who has been laid low with pneumonia.
Team India will take on hosts Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series at the Galle International stadium from July 26.
Veteran spinner - Rangana Herath who captained Sri Lanka in four Tests in the 2016-17 season, is likely to lead in Galle Test which starts on 26th July.
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