Dhananjaya and Kusal centuries steady Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi

Sports TV's third-day highlights follow a recovery that survives an early wicket and a confident Pakistan review.

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4:08Kamindu Mendis reaches fifty with an outside edge down to third man.
4:45Mohammad Abbas has Kamindu caught behind by Ghazi Ghori, breaking Sri Lanka's partnership.
11:24Dhananjaya de Silva brings up his century with a boundary driven through mid-on.
17:21Pakistan review an LBW appeal against Kusal Mendis, but ball tracking shows the delivery missing the wickets.
19:40Kusal reaches his century with a ramp boundary over the slip cordon.

Kusal Mendis reaches his hundred by sending the ball over the slip fielders, an inventive finish to a patient job. Alongside Dhananjaya de Silva, already a century-maker himself, he gives Sri Lanka's reply to Pakistan substance as well as a few flourishes.

Sports TV's third-day highlights have drawn about 808,000 views since yesterday. Beyond the close leave featured in the channel's separate Mendis Short, this longer edit shows how Sri Lanka's batters absorb pressure and gradually make Pakistan work harder for an opening.

There is one early. Kamindu Mendis passes fifty, but Mohammad Abbas finds his edge and Ghazi Ghori takes the catch behind the stumps. Pakistan have broken the partnership; Dhananjaya and Kusal then deny them another breakthrough through lunch and tea.

Dhananjaya reaches his century with a drive through mid-on. Kusal's route includes a more anxious pause: Razaullah appeals emphatically for leg-before-wicket, Pakistan challenge the umpire's not-out decision, and ball tracking shows the delivery missing the stumps. Kusal stays.

The comments pick out Razaullah's animated bowling, the two centuries and memories of Sri Lanka's batting in the Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene years. One viewer spots a frame containing three century-makers, the sort of small broadcast detail that rewards a second look.

For the main batting milestones, the edit offers two very different shots: Dhananjaya's grounded drive through the infield, then Kusal's ramp over the catchers.

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The facts

Channel: Sports TV
Subscribers: 2,540,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 25,852,318
Channel views, pace per day: 1,579,664 (on a normal day: 6,029,852)
Video published: November 11, 2026
Video views so far: 808,194 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 1,002,358

The numbers

The third-day highlights passed 800,000 views before their first full day was over. The comment section was also much busier than Sports TV's usual first day for regular videos.

subscribers

2,540,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,246,867,379

views per day

1,579,664

typical day: 6,029,852

the video

views

808,194

likes