BANGALORE, Nov 28: Sri Lanka struggled with both bat and ball in their rain-hit three-day tour match against an Indian Board President’s XI which ended in a tame draw on Monday. The hosts piled on 317 for four wickets before declaring after lunch and then reduced the tourists to 171 for nine when stand-in captain Chaminda Vaas declared the innings and play was called off as a draw.

Rain and a wet pitch had delayed start of play until after lunch on the second day.

Sri Lanka, still reeling from their 6-1 one-day series drubbing in India this month, struggled against the Board XI’s double spin attack.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra, 23, an India prospect, grabbed four wickets for 64 runs and off break bowler Kulamani Parida returned three for 77.

Sri Lanka wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 43, including five fours and a six, before he was caught top-edging a sweep against Mishra.

Earlier, Board XI batsmen Sridharan Sriram (61) and skipper Venugopal Rao (46) added 97 runs for the third wicket after resuming on their overnight score of 217-2.

Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu and off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan were rested for the game.

The first match of the three-Test series starts in Chennai on Friday.

Scoreboard

INDIAN BOARD PRESIDENT’S XI (1st Innings, overnight 217-2):

A.R. Uthappa b Bandara 76

S. Dhawan c Bandara b Weerakoon 65

S. Sriram b Fernando 61

Y. Venugopal Rao b Bandara 46

N.K. Patel not out 16

P.A. Patel not out 22

EXTRAS (B-13, LB-1, NB-17) 31

TOTAL (for four wkts decl, 75 overs) 317

FALL OF WKTS: 1-133, 2-178, 3-275, 4-277.

DID NOT BAT: S.T. Binny, K.S. Parida, A. Mishra, R.R. Bose, Gagandeep Singh.

BOWLING: Malinga 13-0-71-0 (7nb); Vaas 15-2-48-0 (4nb); Weerakoon 12-2-66-1 (1nb); Fernando 14-3-55-1 (5nb); Bandara 20-3-61-2; Dilshan 1-0-2-0.

SRI LANKA (1st Innings):

W.U. Tharanga c N.K. Patel b Bose 2

D.A. Gunawardene c Dhawan b Parida 12

K.C. Sangakkara c N.K. Patel b Mishra 43

D.P.M.D. Jayawardene b Gagandeep 12

T.T. Samaraweera b Parida 27

T.M. Dilshan c Binny b Mishra 17

W.P.U.J.C. Vaas c Venugopal Rao b Mishra 0

C.M. Bandara lbw b Mishra 28

S. Weerakoon c P.A. Patel b Parida 1

C.R.D. Fernando not out 9

S.L. Malinga not out 2

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-2, NB-9) 18

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 59 overs) 171

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-25, 3-49, 4-103, 5-126, 6-126, 7-127, 8-155, 9-159.

BOWLING: Gagandeep Singh 9-5-11-1 (1nb); Bose 12-9-10-1; Parida 20-4-77-3; Mishra 18-1-64-4 (8nb).—Agencies