Sri Lanka scored 86 for 6 in the first innings at the end of the first day of the 2nd Test.
Bengaluru, First Published Mar 12, 2022, 10:25 PM IST
With the Indian team winning the first Test match between India and Sri Lanka, the 2nd Test match is being played in Bangalore as a day-night Test match.
Mayank Agarwal (4) and Rohit Sharma (15) were the first Indian batsmen to win the toss and elected to bat first. Hanuma Vihari was dismissed for 31 and Virat Kohli for 23. Rishabh Pund, who played in action, was dismissed for 39.
After that Jadeja (4), Ashwin (13), Akshar Patel (9) and Shami (5) took wickets at one end, but Shreyas Iyer, who was batting at the other end, scored 92 off 98 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes before missing the century by 8 runs. .
Sri Lanka then started the first innings, losing wickets to the fast bowlers as they looked to surrender to the Indian spinners. The Sri Lankan spinners had a huge impact when it came to bowling. So it was expected that the Sri Lankan players would fall for the Indian spinners. But Bumra and Shamim went awry together. Bumra bowled opener Kusal Mendis for 2 in the first ball of the 3rd over and Trimanne for 8 in the first ball of the 5th over.
In the sixth over, Shami dismissed the captain and another opener Karunaratne for 4. Shami also dropped Tananjaya de Silva by 10 runs. Akshar Patel defeated Asalanga by 5 runs and Bumra beat senior Angelo Mathews by 43 runs.
Sri Lanka lost 6 wickets for 85 runs. At the end of the first day Sri Lanka scored 86 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the first innings.
Last Updated Mar 12, 2022, 10:25 PM IST
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