India Vs Sri Lanka : 2 Tests Series: 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳
MATCH DAY FOR INDIA 🇮🇳 1st Test: Galle Test!
India takes on Sri Lanka in the first Test of the series at Galle today.
Who will come out on top in the opening Test? 👀⚔️
Day 1 : 🇮🇳 : 255/2 : 67 Overs.
Shubman Gill out on 16 : 236/2.
Padikkal 1st Test 100* off 134 balls.
KL Rahul retired hurt : Tried to continue after tea. But returned in pain immediately before start : goes in the middle ..late and comes back.
At Tea : INDIA very well placed 197/1.
Solid show from vice-captain KL Rahul & Devdutt Padikkal as they complete a 150-run stand off 253 balls to take #TeamIndia to 197/1.
Devdutt Padikkal 84* n KL 77*.
KL Rahul completes very patient 50* off 127.
Partnership crosses 100* off 187 balls.
Flawless half-century by Devdutt Padikkal 50 off 81.
Post lunch rain interruption.
At Lunch:
100/1 = 25.4 Overs KL Rahul + Padikkal
1st Hour : 🇮🇳 47/1 : 11 Overs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal 32 (37) unfortunate.. forgettable runout , looked bit school boyish in the end.
A huge mix-up between KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal! 🤯🙆♂️
Jaiswal pays the price and walks back in disappointment after being run out. 💔.
India lucky to win the toss and bat first.
𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 — 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 𝐯𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭
For both nations, this two-Test series is crucial in the ICC WTC rankings.
Placed fifth, India is hoping to register multiple triumphs and secure a berth in the WTC final. In the rival corner, stationed at the sixth position, Sri Lanka wants to retain its home fortress.
Wrote K. C. Vijaya Kumar's match preview : shorturl.at/WVLfk
30 Tests. 30 Venues! 🤯🏟️
What an unreal stat for Yashasvi Jaiswal! He has never played a Test at the same venue twice in his career — and this streak will continue in the next match too! 🇮🇳🌍
