Sri Lanka fight back to 192-4 at tea

Sri Lanka reached 192-4 in their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the opening cricket Test against India here today.

Chasing 550 to win after India declared at 240-3 in their second innings, Sri Lanka were 29-2 but the hosts fought back to cross the 200-mark, courtesy Dimuth Karunaratne (85) and Niroshan Dickwella (48).

At the break, Karunaratne and Dickwella were at the crease with Sri Lanka still requiring 358 runs to win.

Brief Score:

India 1st innings: 600

Sri Lanka 1st innings: 291

India 2nd innings: 240-3 declared in 53 overs.

Sri Lanka 2nd innings: 192-4 in 57 overs (Dimuth Karunaratne 85 batting; R Jadeja 2/42).