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00:00to everyone welcome back to the goal international stadium day three of this
00:08first test match the the ground staff everywhere in Sri Lanka brilliant you
00:14know they just ensure that every inch gets covered so the damage gets
00:18minimized talking about we're not Kohli Kumara with ball in hand set to go and
00:28straightaway about without Kohli Kumara with ball in hand set to go and
00:38straightaway it'll be a boundary just leaning forward
00:45Virat Kohli gets a full toss and he is off the mark with a boundary
00:53sixty-four two
01:03nicely driven and that will be a boundary beautiful timing just a push really
01:13didn't over hit it but he just manured it so beautifully with that bat face open a
01:20great illustration of how he clears that back leg gets the back leg a long way
01:25towards the leg stump accesses the offside beautiful didn't happen to us very often
01:32to be honest with John I gotta say that's the area that's the area that has been
01:39the undoing for Virat Kohli it's where many sides have looked to bowl Adam yes
01:46swishing at that delivery very little feet moment could have easily been a feather
01:54subheads
01:55let's see
01:56hardly moved never really got across too wide yeah well in India that just comes very very
02:01good
02:03well that's beautifully timed again and excellent work
02:05good oh that's beautifully timed again and excellent work brilliant in the outfield
02:22binatilika charging around the boundary we had a decent view of it roshana i'm pretty sure he
02:28got his hand to it got it back in there and then hit the rope afterwards so lets it go brilliant yeah
02:37very well done that's lovely timing again and the placement from virat coli
02:49brings about another boundary he's a run of all 30 now looking good
02:58comes up the indian hundred in the second innings as well
03:06lovely stride out that's an indication that virat coli is seeing the ball well moving well
03:19more runs oh my goodness that's gone for four for a moment i thought he had it covered
03:23the timing using the pace of the ball and the timing was exquisite
03:32lyra kumara moved quickly but the timing was brilliant
03:37just a very small flick of the wrists that too came very close to the middle of the bat
03:44disappointment for the bowler but that's a cracking shot
03:51between england and south africa so
03:56two tests going on simultaneously those who might be interested england 218 for five
04:02five as the 50 partnership comes up here in gore
04:08218 for five ben stokes is 48 johnny bestows on 11 and alistair cook dismissed
04:16this morning short of a hundred partnership very quick time as well just 51 deliveries
04:22right coli has been the aggressor i think he'll just pull them bring them out for a little while go
04:28to about 5 25 30. for the moment though we'll just run across and complete his first half century in
04:35eight innings
04:38but he's uh he's planted the seeds for something much bigger
04:41a thousand runs as captain for koly in matches outside india is the quickest to get there he's got
04:50there in 68 balls
04:56untroubled
04:57with some very good shots
05:00but it's just about time now about uh
05:04skipper virat koly deciding when
05:07and where he wants to unleash his bowlers 52 from 71 he's going along at a runner ball for about the
05:16first 35 36 of those runs things have slowed down a touch towards the end still
05:26sunny some uh something you've spotted about virat koly's batting yes look at how he takes a big stride
05:35towards the ball to make sure that there is not much of an opportunity for the ball to turn huge front foot stride
05:45and what it does is it smothers the spin it also helps him to
05:51make it into a scoring opportunity and he gives himself a little bit of room by taking his back leg
05:56a little a little bit behind so he can open his body up and drive through the covers
06:03it's gone fine it's gone fine enough as well a little bit of footwork not good enough
06:19100 partnership comes up with another boundary to virat koly
06:24he played it very late he knew where the fielders were playing it very late quite deliberately opening
06:33the face of the bat and running it down to third man and nope there's no chance of a child with men
06:38other sport it's going up to the band and that's going to play it's going to go to the next team
06:43for her to the next team and she's just going to go to the next team and she's going to give
06:48Mokun vote it's all about time at the crease for him
06:58and he runs from Abhinav Mokun 65 will do his confidence a lot of good
07:07yeah drifter playing for the spin leaving him no no no keepers in was gone keepers
07:24in was absolutely gone and I think Rahani would have been run out of Coley had gone
07:29as well oh dear oh dear they were all shouting keepers and finally gets a
07:35direct hit and it's just the wrong end the do shout through it but no one
07:50shouts which end went quiet
07:57first runs for Coley this morning so the ninja diesel he's done a lot of
08:06fielding throughout the first innings to
08:09swings it away into the leg side does Coley brilliant from the youngster very good work
08:21in the deep dive in a waiter was right that's what you'd love to see yeah it's
08:25what you should see too when you're only 19 years of age what an opportunity to be
08:30out there fielding in a test match at that age enjoy every moment of it soak in the
08:36atmosphere or that's outstanding I hope he's getting a laundry allowance because
08:44you grass stains on those whites now that was off leg stump so late delicate as well from Coley
09:01there to watch it ever so carefully
09:06look at the queller he's watching it all the way buddy generally it's a lot tougher to chase in the
09:16subcontinent because the spinners are dominating and all that six just a dropkick
09:25nicely played good use of the fate so well controlled
09:40push for two here take it quite comfortably
10:02line quite predictable both batsmen happy to walk across
10:10I want to push for two Rahani will go Rahani will go that is quality quality betting and
10:20another injury because the two fielders run into each other looks like the Nanjay de Silva has
10:26stepped on the mud corner at the stores as he bent down to pick that up it's just chaos
10:33oh dear oh dear oh dear well let protect that to this top
10:45will they go will they go no Coley says no this time
10:54call you looks like he'll be able to pick his own spot and he does 17th test match hundred for
11:11Virat Kohli and second against Sri Lanka and his tenth as skipper of India he needed that one he needed
11:22that just to arrest a small slump in his form and he's done that grand style some wonderful
11:30shots he's played five fours and a six and scored it pretty quickly
11:35it's his first hundred in the third innings of a test match as well
11:45Sonny has 11 hundreds in 47 tests Coley 10 hundreds in 27 tests and now averages 50 or more in all three
11:57international formats only player to have that feat at this point in time it's pretty special
12:06if I think he doesn't get out it will remain that way still only 28 years old so a lot more cricket to
12:19come from him looks very fit to do so
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