Sarfaraz, who was on the field as a substitute fielder, was his usual chirpy self as he was stationed at short leg. After De Silva moved away just before Manav Suthar was about to bowl, Sarfaraz did not miss the opportunity to take a dig at the Sri Lanka skipper. “Bro, nothing is there, bro. You look straight na – why you looking left and right side (pointing to long-on and long-off)? You are just wasting time, bro. Don’t be scared. Play. You are the captain. You are waiting for this,” Sarfaraz was heard saying on the stump mic.
Sarfaraz Khan taunted Dhananjaya de Silva with a cheeky remark on Day 3 of the second Test match between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday.
The breakthrough came soon enough. The ball deflected off Dhruv Jurel ‘s gloves before Rahul completed the catch at slip. Suthar dismissed de Silva for 8, getting the Sri Lankan captain to edge a delivery that gripped and turned. Sri Lanka were reduced to 137/5 and were still more than 350 runs behind.
India then made another breakthrough when Mohammed Siraj removed Niroshan Dickwella for a duck. The pacer bowled a short delivery down the leg side, and Dickwella got a faint edge while attempting to tuck it away, with Jurel completing a low catch behind the stumps. It was Siraj’s first wicket of the innings.
His dismissal ended a crucial partnership and left Sri Lanka 171/6.
