new Delhi: It was about the bowlers on the first day of the second India-Sri Lanka second Test being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. A total of 16 wickets fell on the very first day of the series decider. At stumps, India had put themselves on top by restricting Sri Lanka to 86/6, trailing India by 166 runs.
For Sri Lanka, Niroshan Dickwella remained unbeaten on 13 till stumps while Lasith Embuldeniya is yet to open the account. Angelo Mathews scored 43, Kusal Mendis scored 2, Captain Dimuth Karunaratna scored 4, Lahiru Thirimanne scored 8, Dhananjay de Silva scored 10 and Charith Aslanka scored 5.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets, Mohammed Shami two and Axar Patel took one wicket.
It’s STUMPS on the first day of the second test.
Sri Lanka 86/6, Trail #teamindia (252) by 166 runs.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) 12 March 2022
Electing to bat after winning the toss, India faced trouble from the Sri Lankan bowlers as the hosts lost four crucial batsmen in the form of Mayank Agarwal (4), Rohit Sharma (15), Hanuma Vihari (31) and Virat. Kohli (23) at the tee break.
In-form Shreyas Iyer came out to bat when India were getting bowled out for 86/4. His counter-attack (92 off 98 balls) saved India and helped them post a respectable total of 252 runs. Sadly, the batsman missed out on a century by just 8 runs.
India’s 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, Charith Aslanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Pravin Jayawickrama