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#2 Aravinda and Gurusinha calm the nerves

The loss of the two openers brought together the calm heads of Asanka Gurusinha and Aravinda De Silva at the crease

The loss of the two openers brought together the calm heads of Asanka Gurusinha and Aravinda de Silva at the crease. Slowly but surely, they began steadying the Lankan ship and brought a sense of belief back in the dressing room.

Gurusinha was slow but very effective as he scored 65 off 99 deliveries with 6 fours and a six and put together 125 for the third wicket with Aravinda, who was at his sublime best on this day, hitting his trademark cover drives and flicks off the pads with delightful ease.

Together they had put the innings back on track before Gurusinha lost his wicket to fast bowler Paul Reiffel, trying to go for a big shot, with the score at 148.