Indian middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer as soon as once more fell after scoring a composed fifty, this time within the second innings of the Bengaluru Check towards Sri Lanka on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Iyer appeared on track to register his second century, very similar to the primary innings. He was enjoying the spinners properly on a floor that has been tough proper from Day 1 and barely made an error.
Sadly, his innings got here to an abrupt finish, falling to the Sri Lankan spinner, Lasith Embuldeniya. The left-arm spinner dished out an arm ball which saved coming in with the angle and Iyer performed it far too outdoors the road.
He bought rapped on the again leg and the umpire had no hesitation in elevating the finger. Iyer reluctantly opted for the evaluation, solely to show the umpire proper and see three reds on the massive display screen.
In the meantime, India placed on 303/9 on the board earlier than declaring, because of Iyer and Rishabh Pant’s batting performances. The latter additionally scored the quickest fifty in Check historical past by an Indian, reaching the milestone in simply 28 balls.
There have been helpful contributions from Rohit Sharma (46), Hanuma Vihari (35), and Ravindra Jadeja (22), and the house crew was capable of push the goal near 450. The goal of 447 is sort of steep and the Lankan batters are additionally low on confidence, having been unable to go previous the 200-run mark within the three innings they’ve performed on this sequence.
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Watch Shreyas Iyer’s dismissal right here:
