Dinesh Chandimal and de Silva then joined forces to bail Sri Lanka out of trouble with a fruitful 68-run stand that also came at a good pace. While the pacers continued to pose questions often, Chandimal kept the scorecard ticking with regular boundaries. Dhananjaya also got in the groove when he hit Shamar Joseph for a couple of boundaries in the same over. The momentum had turned around completely by the lunch break following the barrage of boundaries. But post resumption, Sri Lanka suffered a big blow when Shamar bowled a top delivery to breach Chandimal’s defence. Not only did Shamar remove the half-centurion, he also gave Sri Lanka more reasons to worry when he dismissed Kusal Mendis in the same over with the batter edging one to slip.
