Dhammika Prasad confident of Lanka fightback in deciding Test

Colombo: Notwithstanding India’s dogged  fightback after losing a flurry of wickets, pacer Dhammika  Prasad on Saturday said Sri Lanka can claw back into the game as the  nature of the wicket was changing and it was not as bowler  friendly as at the start of the Test. 

 

Riding on Pujara’s unbeaten 135, India closed Day Two on 292 for eight with lot of time lost due to rain interruptions — only 15 overs were possible on the opening day. Dhammika,  who has picked up four wickets so far, is confident of making  it count on the morning of Day Three. 

 

“It’s not doing as much as it did yesterday. It’s changed a bit,” Prasad said in the post-day press conference. “There was a lot of swing in the morning today too. When the pitch had some sun in the afternoon, it slowed down a  little. By the evening, that movement from the morning wasn’t  there. Now that the wicket is covered, there will be something in it tomorrow morning. I think we should be able to get those  two wickets (remaining),” he added.