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India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Flying Sadeera Samarawickrama impresses Virat Kohli, Delhi crowd – Watch

Fielding at deep mid-wicket, Samarawickrama almost pulled off an impossible catch but ended up stopping a certain boundary.

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Flying Sadeera Samarawickrama impresses Virat Kohli, Delhi crowd – Watch Courtesy: BCCI

New Delhi: Sri Lanka's Sadeera Samarawickrama on Tuesday produced a stunning fielding effort to impress rival captain Virat Kohli and a sizeable crowd at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium during Day 4's play of third and final Test match. (DAY 4 - AS IT HAPPENED || SCORECARD)

Fielding at deep mid-wicket, Samarawickrama almost pulled off an impossible catch but ended up stopping a certain boundary.

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Rohit Sharma played a well-timed pull shot off a Suranga Lakmal bouncer. The ball flew off the bat, but Samarawickrama produced a stunning full body length dive to attempt a catch.

Watch his effort here, courtesy BCCI:

It happened off the second ball of the 47th over.

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Rohit remained unbeaten on 50 as India declared their innings at 246/5 and set a 410-run target. Shikhar Dhawan (67), Cheteshwar Pujara (49) and Kohli (50) also contributed with the bat.