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Faf du Plessis will suffer, normal. However, it is difficult to understand the shadow of sadness in the South African locker room after Dimuth Karunaratne caught his catch. The Proteas captain himself, Quinton Key Cock, seemed to have missed a golden opportunity, hiding his face behind his hand in frustration. From Dean Elgar, Rossi von der Dussen, Temba Bavuma to coach Mark Boucher, everyone is speechless. Du Plessis squandered the opportunity of his first double century by presenting 199 races. This question may have haunted them when they were overwhelmed with despair.
Du Plessis was just one race away from his first double century of his testing career. The former Proteas captain got caught in the middle of the middle while playing in the middle. Despite celebrating his career in the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka, the moment of losing his double century remained on the Proteas’ minds.
Excluding that part, the third day of the Centurion test is for South Africa. After amassing a huge collection of 721 runs in the second inning, he was also successful at bowling. Hitting in the second inning last afternoon, Sri Lanka lost 2 wickets for 75 runs. The Lankans, who scored 398 in the first inning, continue to lose 180 runs. Kushal Perera (33 *) and Dinesh Chandimal (21 *) will start the fourth day.
Elgar went to 5 century fugues the day before. And today (Monday) du Plessis has to say goodbye to stay 1 escape of the double century. Vanindu played the highest innings of his test career before returning to the pavilion with a smiling face. He made a brilliant 199-run inning with all the big shots in addition to the previous 138 highest runs. Du Plessis has hit the 4,000-run milestone in his Test career en route to playing 24 innings with 26 balls.
Temba Bavuma, who started the day with him, made 81 of 125 balls. And in the end, spinner Keshab Maharaj played a great inning with Du Plessis. He dropped to number eight to build Proteas’ racing hill with an effective 63-run inning. He broke 106-ball innings with 6 fours and 2 sixes.
Hasaranga is Sri Lanka’s most successful bowler against the Proteas batsmen. With 161 runs, this roulette took 4 wickets. Mundo Fernando took 3 plots. Dasun Shanaka has 2 windows.
Sri Lanka was in danger when they started the second inning by taking out the hosts. He lost two wickets in 22 races. Lungi Engidi’s cannon was fired for 6 by Captain Karunaratne, and Kushal Mendis was eliminated before opening the scoring. Kushal Perera-Chandimal ended the day safely by averaging resistance from there.
Short score:
(At the end of the third day)
Sri Lanka: 398 and 85/2 in 12 overs in the second inning (Kushal Perera 33 *, Chandimal 21 *, Karunaratne 6; Engidi 2/26).
South Africa: 621 in 142.1 overs in the early innings (Du Plessis 199, Elgar 95, Maharaj 63, Bavuma 61, Aiden Markram 6; Hasaranga 4/161, World 3/129, Shanaka 2/96).
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