Pink Ball Test: Shreyas Iyer’s blazing 92 lifts India to 252 in opposition to Sri Lanka in Bengaluru
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Shreyas Iyer was the final Indian batter to depart as he scored a 98-ball 92 earlier than Sri Lanka bowled India out for 252 on Day 1 of the continuing Pink Ball Test in Bengaluru.
Pink Ball Test: Shreyas Iyer hits blazing 92 as Sri Lanka bowl India out for 252 in Bengaluru (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTSIndia are bowled out for 252 on a spin-assisting pitch at dinner breakShreyas Iyer was stumped for 92 on the final supply of 2nd sessionShreyas walked off to a loud ovation from crowd on the Chinnaswamy
Shreyas Iyer hit a blazing 98-ball 92 to assist India put up a aggressive whole of 252 in opposition to Sri Lanka of their first innings on a spin-assisting pitch at dinner break on Day 1 of the continuing Day-Night Test at Bengaluru’s M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Iyer was India’s high scorer and he fell eight runs in need of his century when he was stumped, the final wicket to fall within the innings. Iyer turned the fourth Indian batter after Dilip Vengsarkar, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag to get out stumped within the nervous 90s.
India vs Sri Lanka, pink-ball Test Day 1:Live Score
Indian batters out stumped within the 90s (Tests)
96 D Vengsarkar v Pak Chennai 1987
90 S Tendulkar v Eng Bengaluru 2001
99 V Sehwag v SL Colombo SSC 2010
92 S Iyer v SL Bengaluru 2022
India have been struggling at 126 for 5 at one stage however Rishabh Pant (39 off 26 balls) turned it round together with his aggressive but efficient batting. The left-hander was dropped when he was on 4 and he made the Lankans pay closely for the error.
Iyer then modified the narrative together with his managed aggression, the results of which was a gritty knock below stress that can allow India to name the photographs within the day/evening sport.
His entertaining knock that got here off 98-balls had 10 fours and 4 sixes, negated all the great work executed by the visiting bowlers within the first session once they had taken 4 wickets, together with that of skipper Rohit Sharma (15) and Virat Kohli (23).
Left arm spinners Lasith Embuldeniya (3/94) and Praveen Jayawickrama (3/81) picked up three wickets every for Sri Lanka.
