India narrowly miss win in Eden Test vs Sri Lanka

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)

--IANS

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