Rohit Sharma’s captaincy stint in the longest format of the game began with India’s remarkable victory in Mohali. Finishing the first Test within three days, the hosts beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs to take a 1–0 lead in the 2-match series.
After bowling out Sri Lanka for 174, India decided to enforce the follow-on as the tourists were trailing by 400 runs. The visitors tried their best to save the Test match, especially wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella, who scored an unbeaten 51 in his team’s second essay. But his innings was not enough to change the course of the game.
The spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ran through the Sri Lankan batting order, sharing a total of 8 wickets between each other to bowl out the opponents for 178. ,IND vs SL, 1st Test, Day 3 Highlights,
Jadeja had a dream in the game as he scored a brilliant 175 to take 9 wickets in the match, which put India in the driver’s seat on Saturday. Your 10. after gettingth After taking five wickets in his Test career, the left-arm all-rounder repeated the same in the second innings. Suranga Lakmal was the only batsman out of 9 outs who fell victim to Jadeja in both the innings.
Ashwin, on the other hand, shook Sri Lanka, leaving behind legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev’s 434 wickets. He achieved the milestone after dismissing Charit Aslanka in the post-tea session on Sunday. He took the wickets of Lahiru Thirimanne and Dhananjay de Silva in the first innings, registering figures of 2/49. His list of victims in the second innings included Thirimanne, Pathum Nisanka and Aslanka.
Earlier, the third day did not start well for the hosts as Nissanka and Aslanka disappointed India’s bowling attack. Aslanka’s catch was stopped by Rohit Sharma at short cover, while Shreyas Iyer at deep mid-wicket missed a chance for Nissanka.
After imposing a follow-on on Sri Lanka, Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne for a duck as the visitors were reduced to 10/1 in four overs at lunch, still trailing by 390 runs.
The 58-run partnership between Nissanka and Aslanka came to an end when a slower ball from round the wicket from Jasprit Bumrah deceived the latter, leaving him lbw. Sri Lanka’s batting went downhill as Jadeja ran down the order.
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Two overs after Aslanka fell, Jadeja struck twice in the same over, luring Niroshan Dickwella and Suranga Lakmal to play a rash shot.
Shami dismissed Lasith Embuldeniya with a bouncer which hit the edge of the bat at short leg. Visva Fernando and Lahiru Kumara were dismissed by Jadeja in back-to-back deliveries as the all-rounder took five wickets.
In Sri Lanka’s second essay, Ashwin struck first as Thirimanne was caught at first slip by Sharma to take seven for 76 in a session to extend India’s dominance in the match.
(with agency input)
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