Jayawickrama to Pant, out Caught&Bowled!! Fifty and out! Jayawickrama has his man this time. He calls for the skier and does well to hold on. Pant shimmies down the wicket, does not get to the pitch of the ball but still goes through with the heave to the leg-side, the ball also does not turn as much as he expected and goes straight up off the outer half, Jayawickrama moves towards cover and pouches it safely. An entertainment knock comes to an end. Pant c and b Jayawickrama 50(31) [4s-7 6s-2] 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, no run, loud cheer from the crowd as Sri Lanka burn another review. This one turns in sharply from outside off, Pant hangs back but moves across to pad it away, the impact didn't matter but the ball was not spinning enough to hit the stumps 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, no run, defended off the backfoot into the leg-side 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, FOUR, fastest Test fifty by an Indian. This had to happen some day. Pant raises his bat and acknowledges the applause from the crowd. He missed out on a fifty in the first innings but not this time. This has been a top knock. Overpitched from Jayawickrama and Pant drills the drive through extra cover 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, no run, he thought about the sweep and then the drive, but the ball spins and Pant settles with a forward block off the inner half 
      Lakmal to Pant, 1 run, another off-pace delivery and Pant waits, opens the bat face and knocks it square on the off-side 
      Lakmal to Pant, no run, slower ball that grips the surface, Pant does not pick it and has a nibble, the ball breaks away to beat the outside edge 
      Lakmal to Pant, no run, spears it close to yorker length, Pant jams it onto the boot and the ball rolls to cover 
      Lakmal to Pant, FOUR, Pant wastes no time to take on Lakmal. Charges down, makes room and hammers it uppishly through extra cover. Not a muscle moved as the ball rocketed to the fence 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, 1 run, flighted outside off, Pant plays a whippy drive to sweeper cover 
      de Silva to Pant, 1 run, short and bit of extra bounce, Pant pulls along the ground to deep square leg 
      de Silva to Pant, FOUR, he's striking close to 200. Mind you, this is a Test match. Short and outside off, Pant gets on top of the bounce and cuts it square on the off-side, no chance for the sweeper to stop that 
      de Silva to Pant, no run, flighted on off, Pant lunges forward and blocks it back to DDS 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, FOUR, fraction short and Pant is quick to pick the length, he rocks back and pulls it in front of square, Lakmal dives but in vain 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, no run, attacks the stumps with a quicker one, Pant hangs back and defends to mid-wicket 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, no run, tough stumping chance missed. Jayawickrama expected the shimmy and bowled it outside leg, the ball spins away and Pant cannot do anything to block it, but gets lucky because of the extra bounce as it does not allow Dickwella to glove it cleanly 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, FOUR, he teases the opposition players. This was quicker and around leg-stump, Pant sits down and laps it past leg slip, the ball flies past the fielder even before he could react 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, no run, flatter and on the pads, Pant misses the flick and is struck on the pad 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, no run, drifts it across from round the wicket, Pant defends to the right of Jayawickrama 
      de Silva to Pant, 1 run, teases Pant with a floaty delivery, just a forward push past cover 
      de Silva to Pant, no run, more flight and the length is fuller, Pant settles into the forward block 
      de Silva to Pant, no run, slower and bit of turn, Pant waits and defends it to backward point 
      de Silva to Pant, 2 runs, slider that cramps the southpaw for room, Pant awkwardly tucks it through his legs and past the backward short leg fielder, easy two 
      de Silva to Pant, FOUR, Pant continues to entertain the crowd.. He brings out the reverse sweep and nails it along the ground to the third man fence 
      de Silva to Pant, SIX, Pant is dealing in boundaries at the moment - comes down the pitch, doesn't quite get to the pitch, but goes through with the lofted drive - sailed high and towards long-off, Mendis is interested all the while, but then it drops over his head 
      de Silva to Pant, FOUR, loud shout for LBW, is it pad first? Sri Lanka aren't sure and they decide against a review - risky from Pant - was the slider and he didn't pick it, backed away and chopped it off the stumps, behind square on the off-side for a boundary. Replays in and there was no pad at all, the second noise could be bat flicking the pad, right off the middle of the bat 
      de Silva to Pant, no run, DDS tosses one around off, Pant gets well forward on the block 
      de Silva to Pant, 1 run, slower and spinning away from the left-hander, Pant backs away and then steers it square on the off-side for a single 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, 2 runs, Jayawickrama drags his length back, the ball stayed very low - Pant was rocking back on the pull, gets an under-edge and it rolls past the fielder at leg slip, back for the second run 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, SIX, smashed, Pant will not let the bowler dictate terms - comes down the pitch, plays with the turn and then hoists it high and into the crowd at deep mid-wicket 
      Jayawickrama to Pant, 1 run, Pant brings out the sweep straightaway - bends down low, rolled his wrists and placed it behind square on the on-side for a single