Team India is batting after winning the toss in the first test against Sri Lanka. India made 246 runs in 66 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. Rishabh Pant 40 runs and Ravindra Jadeja 6 runs are present at the crease. Shreyas Iyer was dismissed after scoring 27 runs.
Iyer lost review
India's 5th score dropped to 228. Shreyas Iyer was dismissed LBW off Dhananjay de Silva after scoring 27 runs. Although Iyer took a review going against the decision of the umpire, but it did not benefit him. Replays showed that the ball was on the line of off-stump. Iyer and Pant added 53 runs for the 5th wicket
Kohli becomes 8th Hazari
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has completed his 8000 runs in the test format. Kohli achieved this feat in Tests with the 38th run of the innings. Virat Kohli has become the sixth player to score 8,000 Test runs for Team India. Before him, only Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag have achieved this feat.
A century was expected from Kohli in the 100th Test, but he was bowled by Lasith Embuldeniya for 45 runs. He added 90 runs for 155 with Hanuma Vihari for the third wicket.
Vihari got out after scoring a half-century
After the wicket of Kohli, Vihari also could not carry on his innings and scored 58 runs on the ball of Vishwa Fernando. Hanuma Vihari, playing at number 3 in place of Cheteshwar Pujara, scored 58 runs while batting brilliantly. This was his 5th fifty in Test cricket.
The first 2 wickets fell on the score of 80
The Indian team got the first blow on the score of 52 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed after scoring 29 runs in 28 balls. At the same time, the second wicket of the team fell for 80 runs. Mayank Agarwal was dismissed after scoring 33 runs.
Funny story of Rohit Sharma's wicket: First two fours on two bouncers of 149 KMPH, then got out in the same over
This is how Sri Lankan bowlers took Rohit-Mayank's wicket
Mayank and Rohit Sharma added 52 runs for the first wicket.
Mayank and Rohit Sharma added 52 runs for the first wicket.
On the third ball of the 19th over, Lasith Embuldeniya dismissed Mayank Agarwal LBW. Mayank goes to play for the turn and the ball remains straight. Hanuma Vihari refused Mayank to take the review. Vihari's decision proved to be correct. The ball was hitting the wicket straight.
Rohit Sharma tried to send Lahiru Kumara outside the boundary line on the leg side on the fifth ball of the 10th over, but he could not succeed and was caught on the fine leg boundary. He got out after scoring 29 runs.
Vishwa Fernando came to bowl for Sri Lanka in the fourth over. In this over, Rohit hit him for three strong fours.
Hanuma Vihari and Shreyas Iyer have got a chance in place of Rahane and Pujara in the first Test. India has included 3 spinners and 2 fast bowlers in the playing XI.
He was given a special cap during Kohli's 100th Test. During this his wife Anushka Sharma was also present.
He was given a special cap during Kohli's 100th Test. During this his wife Anushka Sharma was also present.
Indian squad for 1st Test: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Jayant Yadav.
Sri Lanka's playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, Pathum Nisanka, Charit Aslanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjay de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Suranga Lakmal, Vishwa Fernando, Lasith Embuldeniya, and Lahiru Kumara.
Kohli's 100th Test
The Mohali Test match is the 100th Test of former Indian captain Virat Kohli. Kohli has become the 71st player in the world and 12th from India to play 100 Tests. Team India coach Rahul Dravid handed over a special cap to Virat in the 100th Test. During this, Kohli was accompanied by his wife Anushka Sharma on the field.
ICC also tweeted for Kohli
Beginning of Rohit era
This is Rohit Sharma's first series as Test captain. Rohit is the 35th Test captain of India. After becoming the full-time captain in limited overs matches, Rohit Sharma has captained 12 matches, in which he has not lost a single match. However, the challenges in Test cricket will be quite different. Rohit has not played a single Test match since the tour of England last year. He is returning to this format after 6 months.
Sri Lanka will have to show
The Sri Lankan team, which has performed poorly in the T20 series, will be expected to perform well in Tests. The team has players like Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, who are legends of this format.
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