Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne spearheaded a gritty Sri lanka fightback on the second day of the first Test against New Zealand in Dunedin on Friday.
They came together with the tourists looking fragile at 2 for 29 and put on 122 for the third wicket in reply to New Zealand's first innings 431.
At stumps, Sri lanka were 197 for four with Chandimal on 83 and Kithuruwan Vithanage on 10. Karunaratne was out for 84 after providing stubborn resistance with Chandimal, which was desperately needed after Sri lanka failed to make the most of the conditions when they won the toss and sent New Zealand into bat.