Pink-ball Test: Bumrah, Shreyas and Shami put India on high in opposition to Sri Lanka on 16-wicket Day 1 in Bengaluru
As many as 16 wickets fell on Day 1 of the Pink Ball Test between India and Sri Lanka because the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru proved to be a bowlers’ paradise. India’s tempo duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami struck in tandem to rock Sri Lanka after the hosts had been bowled out for 252 of their first inning on Saturday.
India vs Sri Lanka, Pink Ball Test Day 1: Highlights
Sri Lanka reached Stumps on Day 1 at 86/6, trailing the Rohit Sharma-led facet by 166 runs with Lasith Embuldeniya and Niroshan Dickwella out within the center. Angelo Mathews was the one Sri Lanka batter who regarded assured throughout his keep on the crease. Mathews fell for 43 when Bumrah accounted for his wicket with a mushy dismissal.
Bumrah dismissed the comeback man Kusal Mendis in his second over after which obtained Lahiru Thirimanne in his subsequent. Shami, in the meantime, scalped the prized wicket of Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne on his very first ball of the match.
Shami needed to depend on a superb DRS to take his second wicket as Dhananjaya de Silva was compelled to depart for 10. Charith Asalanka was the following batter to depart as Axar Patel obtained his wicket and Sri Lanka misplaced half their batting order throughout the first 19 overs.
Iyer lifts India: Earlier, Shreyas Iyer produced a counter-attacking 92 to assist India submit a aggressive whole of 252 within the first innings in opposition to Sri Lanka on a pitch that provided the spinners flip and variable bounce.
India’s openers fell cheaply within the first session, with Mayank Agarwal run out within the second over earlier than Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Lasith Embuldeniya (3/94). Rohit was taking part in in his four-hundredth worldwide sport and his wicket mockingly drew cheers from the Bengaluru crowd because it introduced Virat Kohli — former captain and the star of their Indian Premier League franchise — to the crease.
Kohli and Hanuma Vihari stitched a 47-run stand to regular India’s innings earlier than left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama (3/81) broke the third wicket partnership. Jayawickrama dismissed Vihari with a rising supply that turned and nicked his bat and he was caught by wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella for a affected person 31.
Sri Lanka introduced on De Silva and he struck in his first over to lure Kohli (23) leg-before with a supply that stored surprisingly low, silencing the house crowd because the umpire raised his finger.
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Rishabh Pant, dropped early in his innings by Suranga Lakmal, blazed to a quick-fire 39 with seven boundaries earlier than Embuldeniya struck once more with a ball that turned and smashed into the stumps. Ravindra Jadeja was the following batter to depart as he was shocked by a rising supply from Embuldeniya and caught within the slips.
Iyer made batting look simple and performed an entertaining 92-run knock that got here off 98 111balls and had 10 fours and 4 sixes. Iyer’s blazing knock negated all the great work carried out by the visiting bowlers within the first session once they had taken 4 wickets. However, he missed out on his second Test hundred as he was stumped off Praveen Jayawickrama (3/81) going for an enormous shot.
