The catch though was that this was Colombo, not Wanderers.
Fast bowlers had to bend their backs for longer to get any purchase out of the wicket, and the searing heat didn't make it easy.
Before the Lunch break came, Padikkal was on edge to begin with.
While on zero, he drove the nearly into the hands of Dinusha at backward point and then had the good fortune of being spilled by Dhananjaya de Silva at first slip while batting on 1.
All his conviction from a soft landing in Galle appeared to have been left behind there.
The catch though was that this was Colombo, not Wanderers. Fast bowlers had to bend their backs for longer to get any purchase out of the wicket, and the searing heat didn't make it easy. Before the Lunch break came, Padikkal was on edge to begin with. While on zero, he drove the nearly into the hands of Dinusha at backward point and then had the good fortune of being spilled by Dhananjaya de Silva at first slip while batting on 1. All his conviction from a soft landing in Galle appeared to have been left behind there.
