After dominating in the shot formats, now team India has registered yet another brilliant victory over Sri Lanka in the first test match. Ravindra Jadeja was the man who showcased an amazing performance throughout the game with his bat and ball that helped India to register innings victory over the visitors. Ravindra Jadeja smashed 175 runs and remained unbeaten in the first innings of the side and he also took total 9 wickets in both innings. So without making any further delay let’s get into the article to check out the complete details of the first test match between India versus Sri Lanka.
India came out to bat first in the first match of the series but the opening pair did not stand for a long time. Rohit Sharma who is playing as a regular captain in the test match format for the first time had scored 29 runs in his account. While his partner Mayank Agarwal went back to the pavilion after scoring 33 runs. In the absence of Pujara, Hanuma Vihari played at the number 3 position for the Indian side and he showcased a decent performance by scoring 58 runs in his account.
The estimate had another speciality as it was the 100th test match for Virat Kohli and fans had a huge expectation on him and everyone believed that he would be able to score a century in the match to make it memorable. But he scored 45 runs in his account. India was not in a strong position after losing the key players in the top order but Rishabh Pant along with Ravindra Jadeja and the low-end players showcased a brilliant performance that helped India to set a mountain of runs in front of Sri Lanka. Pant played in the front foot most of the time and he dismissed 496 runs that was a disappointing element for the fans as well as he lost a deserving century. Shreyas Iyer was able to score only 27 runs in his account.
Having said that, the real show was yet to come as a Ravindra Jadeja smashed 175 runs from just 228 deliveries and remained unbeaten. The declaration was surprising and disappointing as well because Ravindra Jadeja was deserved for the 200 mark in the game. Ravichandran Ashwin added 61 runs in his account and Mohammed Shami scored 20, and both Ashwin and Shammi gave good support to Ravindra Jadeja to present a massive total of 574.
In the reply, the visitors didn’t have much to remember as the batting department was collapsed in both innings apart from some fighting images of Dimuth Karunaratne who scored 28 and 27 in both innings. Pathum Nissanka added 61 runs in his account in the first innings. While the old guard Angelo Mathews added 27 and 28 runs in both innings. Having said that, Niroshan Dickwella spent lots of time in the middle and added 51 runs. It is worth mentioning that never was able to get 5/41 and 4/46 in both innings with the ball.
After registering the glorious victory in the first test match now India will take on Sri Lanka on Saturday in the second test match and the same will be played in Bengaluru and the game is a day night match as well that means it will start at 2:00 p.m.
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