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India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test
Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to field
India (Playing XI):
Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Sri Lanka (Playing XI):
Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Niroshan Dickwella(w), Dasun Shanaka, Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Gamage
Dinesh Chandimal: We will have a bowl first. We played some good cricket in UAE. The team put their heart and soul in it. From the last tour, we have made three changes. Today, we are going to 6 batters, 4 bowlers and a fast bowling all-rounder.
1st ball wicket
Lakmal to Rahul, out Caught by Dickwella!! Tragedy strikes first ball for India. Whatta start for the Lankans. That ball landed around off, seamed away, bounced a wee bit and took the mild edge of the bat to nest into the mitts of the keeper. The batsman had to play at it and not the ball that a batsman with seven consecutive fifty plus scores would want to face first up. Rahul got squared up and the rest was done by the umpire. Rahul c Dickwella b Lakmal 0(1)
IND 17/3 (11.5 Ovs)
Lokesh Rahul c Dickwella b Lakmal 0
Shikhar Dhawan b Lakmal 8
Virat Kohli (c) lbw b Lakmal 0
Suranga Lakmal 6-6-0-3
close of play day 1.rainnnn
In reply to shivnotout
Kohli has always struggled in his career against fast swing bowling
Pujara and Rahane are probably happy they called off play
In reply to Acid
IND 30/4 (17.3 Ovs)
Stumps Day 2:
74/5
32.5 overs bowled in 2 Days
In reply to Acid
Kohli has always struggled in his career against fast swing bowling
Who hasn't struggled againt fast, swing bowling?but then again...I hear you.
IND 172
SL 142/4 (41.2 Ovs)
Day 3: 3rd Session - Sri Lanka trail by 30 runs
In reply to runout
He hasnt just struggled. He hasnt been able to overcome it yet
Stumps Day 3:
SL 165/4
In reply to Acid
Its ok really because for all other balls he has two or three shots
SL 294
17/0 (3.0 Ovs)
India trail by 105 runs
In reply to Halliwell
They used to say the same thing about Mark Ramprakash
Stumps Day 4:
India 171/1
Match heading for draw
INDIA 352/8 decl
When England faced India recently in a test series, was James Anderson swinging the ball? I know that Bhuveneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami are able to swing the ball fairly prodigiously in Indian conditions. I'm pretty sure Anderson was swinging it as well, but for whatever reason, he wasn't able to dismiss Kohli.
In reply to Devin
how about Lakmal?
SL 22/4 (12.0 Ovs)
Day 5: 3rd Session - Sri Lanka need 209 runs
75/7 (26.3 Ovs) CRR: 2.83
Match drawn
place too dark
In reply to shivnotout
What a good spell by Kumar!
SL will be happy to escape.
If there were 10 overs of play again it could have been a win for India.
In reply to Acid
If there were 10 overs of play again it could have been a win for India.
Dickwala delay de game
It was a very fast moving game.
Pity the rains fell for the most part of two days.
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