At a time when Sri Lanka was in a difficult position, Sonal Dinusha, who was playing only his fourth Test, showed patience and maturity as he scored his maiden Test century against India at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. This century, scored in front of the historic Galle Fort, while successfully facing the Indian bowlers, was an unforgettable milestone in his playing career.
In response to India’s first innings of 462, Sri Lanka’s innings was under pressure at 99 for 5. But Sonal Dinhosh, who came to power from there, joined forces with experienced player Niroshan Dickwella (80) to build a valuable partnership of 146 runs for the 6th wicket. Sonal’s innings, which included 100 runs off 168 balls, with 4 fours and 2 sixes, helped Sri Lanka escape the follow-on situation and reach 284. Although India took a 178-run lead in the first innings, the fighting style shown by Sonal and Dickwella was a turning point in the match.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At a time when Sri Lanka was in a difficult position, Sonal Dinusha, who was playing only his fourth Test, showed patience and maturity as he scored his maiden Test century against India at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. This century, scored in front of the historic Galle Fort, while successfully facing the Indian bowlers,…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,60,57],"tags":[73,1637,134,72],"class_list":["post-12824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-international-cricket","category-national-cricket","tag-slsports","tag-sonal-dinusha","tag-sports-news","tag-sri-lanka-cricket"],"yoast_head":"\n