#2 – Dinesh Chandimal‘s series of reprieves in the 1st Test against Sri Lanka at Galle, 2015
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India arrived in Sri Lanka under an aggressive leader who was seeking to stamp his authority on the Test team. After a sequence of testing trips outside the subcontinent, spin-friendly pitches finally lay in wait.
Ravichandran Ashwin immediately unleashed himself upon the Lankan batting order. Virat Kohli led from the front alongside Dhawan as India took a hefty first-innings lead to set things up.
When rival skipper Angelo Mathews perished to leave Sri Lanka reeling in what was effectively – 97/5, Kohli had his collar up. But, Dinesh Chandimal stole the limelight with an audacious counter-attack. Before he could cross 10, the right-hander survived a straight-forward edge off Ashwin as well as another close-in catch to leave the Indians seething.
Chandimal’s career-making 162 was followed by a seven wicket-haul from the wily Rangana Herath as the hosts pulled the rug under their opposition’s feet. Though India won the next two Tests comfortably to clinch the series 2-1, the possibility of completing a rare whitewash away from home disgruntled Kohli who proceeded to publicly state the need to discuss about the merits of DRS.
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