India versus Sri Lanka 2nd Test 1st Day: Shreyas Iyer and bowlers leads India’s domination

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 The Indian Cricket Team kept the Sri Lankan team on backfoot on the first day of the Pink Ball Test match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for the hosts as Mayank Agarwal was run-out with a mix-up as the umpires called it no-ball and he asked for a review, but he was given out. The pitch has a lot of assistance for the spinners. Emdbulyena dismissed dangerous Rohit Sharma with a simple catch to Dhanajaya de Silva leaving India in some trouble.

Hanuma Vihari and Virat Kohli steadied the ship against wayward Sri Lankan bowling. Both Indian batters kept on scoring runs quickly making life tough for the opposition captain. Jayawickrama struck with a lovely rebound catch by Dickwella. Vihari and Kohli added 47 runs for the 3rd wicket. Dhanajaya de Silva got rid of Kohli on a ball that kept low. Rishabh Pant looked in positive touch right from the word go. India went into the tea break at 93 for 4.

The second session saw Pant putting enough pressure on Lankan spinners along with Shreyas Iyer. Emdbulyena produced a beauty to dismiss Pant. Pant and Iyer added 40 runs for the 5th wicket. Emdbulyena then got rid of Ravindra Jadeja that bounced giving a simple catch to Thirimanne at slips to leave India in some trouble. Shreyas Iyer took on the Lankan spinners making life tough for the opposition captain.

Ravichandran Ashwin was given out by the umpire but on review, it was overturned to not out going over stumps. Dhanajaya de Silva struck getting rid of Ashwin with a lovely catch by Dickwella. Ashwin and Iyer added 35 runs for the 7th wicket. Shreyas Iyer completed his fifty off 54 balls keeping India’s score above par on a tough batting pitch. As the spinners struggled for rhythm, Lakmal dismissed Patel taking the inside edge onto the stumps. Patel and Iyer added 32 runs in quick time for the 8th wicket.

Shreyas Iyer took most of the strike and made life tough for the Lankan bowlers. After the wicket of Shami, Iyer kept hitting shots but was eventually stumped as the Indian team made 252. With that, the umpires called dinner break.

Jasprit Bumrah put the Lankan team on the backfoot getting rid of Kusal Mendis caught by Shreyas Iyer. Bumrah struck for the second time dismissing Thirimanne with another lovely catch at slips by Iyer. Mohammed Shami produced a beauty to get rid of Dimuth Karurante leaving Lanka on the backfoot.

Shami struck once more time as he dismissed Dhanajaya de Silva via review. The umpires called it not out and on review, it was overturned to out leaving Lanka in deep trouble at 28 for 4. Angelo Mathews looked in decent touch against Indian spinners after being tested by Shami and Bumrah.

Charith Asalanaka played a rash stroke caught by Ashwin. Mathews put the Indian bowlers under some pressure along with Dickwella. Right before the stroke of day 1, Bumrah dismissed Mathews with a lovely catch by Rohit Sharma. Mathews and Dickwella added 35 runs for the 6th wicket. Shami and Bumrah tested Emdbulyena with good deliveries. Sri Lanka ended the first day at 86 for 6.

Sri Lanka 86 for 6 in 30 overs ( Mathews 43, Dickwella 13*, Bumrah 3/15, Shami 2/18) trail India 252 in 59.1 overs ( Shreyas Iyer 92, Pant 39, Praveen Jayawickrama 3/81, Lasith Emdbulyena 3/94) by 166 runs. 








India end the first day of the 2nd Test in a strong position 

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