Gorgeous bowling, first rate batting and spectacular fielding had been all on show by Group India on the opening day of the continuing second Take a look at towards Sri Lanka at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Opting to bat first, the hosts had been fully bowled over by the character of the pitch, which was a rank turner from the phrase go. India misplaced Mayank Agarwal early after the native lad met an unlucky run-out with captain Rohit Sharma on the different finish.
The turning observe helped Lankan bowlers to make their affect seen, with eight Indian batters falling in entrance of spin. Nevertheless, Shreyas Iyer stood tall towards the guests and took the tweakers to the cleaners.
Iyer smashed a blistering 92 from 98 deliveries with the assistance of 14 boundaries, together with 4 humungous sixes. Rishabh Pant (39 off 26) and Hanuma Vihari (31 off 81) had been the one different batters who might cross the 30-run mark.
For the vacationers, Lasith Embuldeniya and Praveen Jayawickrama picked up three wickets every however at a dreadful economic system of three.90 and 4.70, respectively. Batting all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva (2/32) additionally bagged a few scalps, together with the wicket of Virat Kohli (23).
After the unbelievable show by Sri Lanka’s spinner, it was anticipated that Indian tweakers would dominate the proceedings. Nevertheless, Indian pacers had another plans as Sri Lanka misplaced six wickets earlier than the top of the day’s play, out of which speedsters took 5 scalps.
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami completely destroyed the Islanders with a show of high-quality bowling. Whereas Bumrah picked up three wickets for 15 runs in 7 overs, Shami bagged a pair for 18 runs in 6 overs. Axar Patel additionally took one wicket whereas freely giving 21 runs in 5 overs. At stumps, the guests managed to succeed in 86/6 in 30 overs, trailing India by 166 runs.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
That is STUMPS on Day 1 of the 2nd Take a look at.
Sri Lanka 86/6, path #TeamIndia (252) by 166 runs.
Scorecard – https://t.co/t74OLq7xoO #INDvSL @Paytm pic.twitter.com/Xehkffunwn
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 12, 2022
It’s at all times a greater choice to assault or have an aggressive mindset to attain runs on tough wickets. Precisely, how Shreyas Iyer did. Excellent knock 👏👏 #ShreyasIyer #INDvSL #TeamIndia
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) March 12, 2022
🇮🇳 252
🇱🇰 86/616 wickets fell on the opening day of the second Take a look at in Bengaluru.
Scorecard 📝: https://t.co/YXjgkrtKTZ#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/t9FD3UDuxF
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) March 12, 2022
Shreyas Iyer and unremitting self perception. He by no means appears to lose that perception in his personal strategies.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) March 12, 2022
Totally different cricket match below lights. India appear to have timed the top of their innings completely.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 12, 2022
16 wickets fell on the opening day of the pink-ball Take a look at in Bangalore 👀#WTC23 | #INDvSL | https://t.co/z8k3qDsu6u pic.twitter.com/KcJjkTYyP3
— ICC (@ICC) March 12, 2022
Shreyas Iyer is blooming. He’ll maintain going. He is completely positive the place he desires to move.
In the present day was yet one more indicator.
— KSR (@KShriniwasRao) March 12, 2022
🇮🇳🔥 DOMINATION! Now we have the higher hand on the finish of day 1️⃣ as greater than half of the Lankan lineup is again within the dugout!
🙌 Let’s bowl them out tomorrow, boys!
📸 BCCI • #INDvSL #INDvsSL #TeamIndia #BharatArmy #COTI🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/sEijhLdkz8
— The Bharat Military (@thebharatarmy) March 12, 2022
And that is 𝕊𝕋𝕌𝕄ℙ𝕊 on Day 1️⃣!
After Shreyas Iyer’s 92, the 🇮🇳 bowlers have lowered 🇱🇰 to 86/6 in an exhilarating day of cricket. 👊
How a lot will Sri Lanka make tomorrow, Paltan? 🤔#OneFamily #INDvSL
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 12, 2022
There’s a cause why I maintain saying that Shreyas Iyer is India’s most harmful conventional spin hitter.
— Alagappan Vijayakumar (@IndianMourinho) March 12, 2022
16 wickets on Day 1 – Sri Lanka trailing by 166 runs within the first innings – star of the day was Shreyas Iyer with 92, helped India to submit 252 runs within the first innings and Bumrah took 3 wickets.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 12, 2022
16 wickets fell on Day 1, and sure, the pitch had some juice, however poor shot choice was the downfall of many batsmen right this moment
SL limp to 86-6 #INDvSL
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) March 12, 2022
