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    "title": "1st Test: Sri Lanka lead India by 91 runs at lunch on Day 4",
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    "excerpt": "Kolkata, Nov 19 - Sri Lanka off-spinner Dilwuran Perera's controversial Decision Review System (DRS) call after apparently looking towards the dressing room was the centre of focus as Sri Lanka took a 91-run lead to post 263\/8 at lunch on day",
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    "editor1": "<p>Kolkata, Nov 19 -&nbsp;Sri Lanka off-spinner Dilwuran Perera&#39;s controversial Decision Review System (DRS) call after apparently looking towards the dressing room was the centre of focus as Sri Lanka took a 91-run lead to post 263\/8 at lunch on day four of the first Test here at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/full-scorecard\/2340\/1st-test-india-v-sri-lanka-2\">(Scorecard)<\/a><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBatting on 0 after playing seven balls with the score on 208\/7 in the 57th over, Perera was seen to be walking back after he was given an LBW by umpire Nigel Llong off a Mohammed Shami delivery which caught him in front of off-stump.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBut after seemingly looking towards the dressing room, he turned back and changed his mind to ask for a review which showed the impact of the ball being outside the line of off stump.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nVeteran left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, batting on 7, was also consulted.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAccording to ICC&#39;s DRS Clause 3.2 (c): &quot;In particular, signals from the dressing room must not be given.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"600\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/full-scorecard\/2340\/1st-test-india-v-sri-lanka-1\" name=\"India-SL Scorecard\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/full-scorecard\/2340\/1st-test-india-v-sri-lanka-1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>For the tourists, Herath looked good on 43 off 67 not out (6x4) with Suranga Lakmal for company on 10 not out.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIndia pacer Mohammed Shami (3\/87) took three wickets in the first session while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3\/87) scalped one.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nResuming from their overnight score of 165\/4 with skipper Dinesh Chandimal on 13 and Niroshan Dickwella on 14, the pair stitched together a 62-run fifth wicket partnership before Shami removed the aggressive Dickwella (35 off 38; 5x4).<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn the next over, skipper Chandimal also fell prey to the Bengal pacer&#39;s guile before Bhuvneshwar sent Dasun Shanaka back in the hut for a duck as the tourists looked to be crumbling under tough batting conditions in the first hours of the morning session.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nShami&#39;s first spell of the day and fourth overall (7-0-19-2) was excellent.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nNot only did he bag the wickets of the overnight batters, the fit-again fast bowler made the most of the early purchase from the wicket and used his skill to swing the ball away from the batsmen around the corridor of uncertainty.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nShami first caught Dickwella&#39;s outside edge which flew through to Kohli at second slip.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn the next over, Chandimal jabbed away from his body an outswinging Shami delivery which took a thin edge to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHerath and Perera (5) joined hands for a 43-run eighth-wicket association before Perera was sent back by Shami caught behind.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nA back of a length delivery shaped away from the batsman and caught his outside edge as Perera tried to get behind the line of the ball.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBrief scores: India first innings 172 (Cheteshwar Pujara 52; Suranga Lakmal 4\/26; Sri Lanka first innings 263\/8 (overnight score 165\/4) Angelo Mathews 52, Lahiru Thirimanne 51, Rangana Herath 43 not out; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3\/85, Mohammed Shami 3\/87)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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