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New Delhi, Dec 6 (CRICKETNMORE) - <\/strong>India registered a record ninth straight series win after drawing the pollution-marred third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chasing an improbable 410, a defiant Sri Lanka rode on Dhananjaya de Silva's third Test century and debutant Roshen Silva's unbeaten half century to score 299\/5, before both the captains decided to shake hands with seven overs to go before the mandatory close of play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Roshen remained unbeaten on 74 while stumper Niroshan Dickwella was on 44 when the match ended.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

With this, India clinched the three-Test rubber against the islanders 1-0 and also equalled Australia's record of nine consecutive Test series wins from 2005-2008.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India drew the first Test in Kolkata before thrashing the visitors by an innings and 239 runs in the second game at Nagpur.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The first four days of the Kotla Test also witnessed a few disruptions with the Sri Lankan players wearing anti-pollution masks to protect themselves against the high pollution level in the national capital.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Resuming from Tuesday's score of 31\/3, the visitors lost the wicket of Angelo Mathews in the sixth over of the day before skipper Dinesh Chandimal (36) and de Silva took the team to a comfortable 119\/4 at lunch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mathews, whose 111 played a big part in Sri Lanka's first innings total of 373, perished to a thick edge off Jadeja as Ajinkya Rahane completed an excellent catch at slip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The right-handed duo of de Silva and Chandimal continued to frustrate the Indian bowlers as the fifth wicket partnership flourished to 112 runs before off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin packed back the visiting captain with a beauty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chandimal, who consumed 90 deliveries and struck two boundaries, attempted to whip Ashwin's tossed up delivery through mid-wicket but the ball sneaked through the gap between bat and pad to hit the stumps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Despite losing his partners, the 26-year-old de Silva battled a glute muscle injury to complete his career's third Test century from 188 balls and later added an unbeaten 58-run stand for the sixth wicket in the company of Roshen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The centurion was however, forced to walk off just before the tea break which saw stumper Niroshan Dickwella joining Roshen in the middle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Roshen, who got a duck in the first innings made up for his flop show, showing great maturity to bring up his maiden half century off 105 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dickwella, at the other end played his aggressive natural game, slamming six boundaries in his 66-ball unbeaten knock.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India, meanwhile had their slices of bad luck in the middle when Ashwin missed a tough caught and bowled chance from de Silva and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha missed a regulation stumping of Dickwella off left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For the hosts, Jadeja emerged the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3\/83 while Ashwin and pacer Mohammed Shami picked up one wicket apiece.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Indian captain was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match as well as the Player-of-the-Series for his excellent run with the willow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kohli emerged the highest run-getter in the series with 615 runs, which saw him scoring three centuries, including two back-to-back double tons. His 243 had powered India to 536\/7 declared in the first innings here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The teams will now head to Dharamsala for the limited overs leg of the tour, with the first One-day International to be played on December 10.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SL-draw-the-match.jpg", "alt_img": "Sri Lanka hold on for draw vs India in 3rd test Images", "alt_title": "Sri Lanka hold on for draw vs India in 3rd test", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Sri Lanka hold on for draw vs India in 3rd test on Cricketnmore.", "seo_desc": "New Delhi, Dec 6 (CRICKETNMORE) - India registered a record ninth straight series win after drawing the pollution-marred third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Cricketnmore.", "seo_keywords": "Dinesh Chandimal, Virat Kohli, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Indian Cricket Team", "tag": "", "tagging": "Dinesh Chandimal,Virat Kohli,Sri Lanka Cricket Team,Indian Cricket Team,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "1", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "Sri Lanka hold on for draw vs India in 3rd test", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "4928", "page_break": "1", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-12-06 17:22:48", "updated": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-12-06 17:22:48", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-12-06 17:22:48", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/Sri-Lanka-hold-on-for-draw-vs-India-in-3rd-test-33043" }