IND vs SL: Watch - Virat Kohli gets dismissed by a peach of delivery in his 100th Test
India and Sri Lanka have started their first Test of the two-match Test series at the PCA stadium in Mohali on 4th March, Friday. Talking about the match, the skipper of the Indian team, Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat.
He opened the innings with Mayank Agarwal, as both the openers added 52 runs for the first wicket partnership. However, Lahiru Kumara provided the first breakthrough for Sri Lanka by removing Rohit Sharma for 29 runs. After that, Lasith Embuldeniya picked up his first wicket of the game by removing Mayank Agarwal for 33 runs.
Then Hanuma Vihari and Virat Kohli played well in the middle and added 90 runs for the third wicket partnership before Lasith Embumdeniya sends back Virat Kohli for 45 runs in his 100th Test match. Hanuma Vihari followed after scoring was cleaned by Vishwa Fernando for 58 runs.
Rishabh Pant missed his well-deserved century:
Shreyas Iyer who looked well in the recently concluded T20 series against Sri Lanka has failed to contribute in this match. He scored 27 runs before being dismissed by Dhananjaya de Silva.
After the dismissal of Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant stitched a beautiful partnership for the sixth wicket and added 104 runs for it. Unfortunately, Rishabh Pant missed his hundred by just 4 runs and walked back to the dressing room after scoring 96 runs for his team.
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At the end of Day 1, India was 357 losing 6 wickets as Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin have been unbeaten on 45 and 10 runs respectively. After the end of the match, Hanuma Vihari shared a few words, "Felt good going out in the middle. I was batting well, and I had a good preparation.
Great opportunity batting at number three for India. I am happy to bat wherever the team wants me to, but my most preferred position is number three, I have done it in first-class cricket. I thought initially the ball was coming onto the bat well.
But once the ball went old, it was difficult to time the ball well. Rishabh is a different kind of a batsman and it was a special innings. We all know how he bats, and it was a special innings today. He helped us get to 350+ on the first day, which will be helpful going forward," said Hanuma Vihari was quoted by Cricbuz.
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