new DelhiTeam India faced a tough competition from the spectators, aiming to clean sweep Sri Lanka 2-0. On the first day of the ongoing Day-Night Pink Ball Test between the two teams at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the hosts were bundled out for 252 in their first innings.
The Sri Lankan spin duo of Lasith Embuldeniya and Jayawickrama shared 6 wickets between them, while Dhananjaya de Silva grabbed the valuable wicket of Virat Kohli.
Sri Lankan bowlers troubled India as they lost four key batsmen in the tee break in the form of Mayank Agarwal (4), Rohit Sharma (15), Hanuma Vihari (31) and Virat Kohli (23). ,
In-form Shreyas Iyer came out to bat when India were on 86/4. His counter-attack (92 off 98 balls) saved India and helped them post a respectable total. Sadly, the batsman missed out on a century by just 8 runs.
When the right-handed batsman was unbeaten at the crease for 44, Iyer completed his half-century with a scintillating six. The video of the incident has gone viral on social media.
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India playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma (c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charit Aslanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwas Fernando, Pravin Jayawickrama