It has been some versatile performance put forward by both the teams on the Day 1 of Second Test Match between Sri Lanka and India. India opted to bat but met with a quick couple of wickets blown. Virat Kohli and Rahul played tremendously well for the 3rd wicket partnership. It was India’s day until Rohit Sharma falls in the last over of the day’s end. Rohit was looking in pretty good touch with his 79 runs and he totally dominated Sri Lanka’s bowlers. Virat and team had already decided that they won’t let Sangakkara’s farewell memorable and reconstituted team for the 2nd Test to conquer the opponent.
SL v IND 2nd Test Match Day 2 Details
Indeed Lankans are desperate to give the toughest fight ideally wishing to gift Kumar a win in his career’s last International Test match. Ravi Shastri has admired the Team’s performance of Day 1 and has ensured that the team will be hitting it back again on Day 2 for unreachable score for the Sri Lankan batsman. Harbhajan Singh is replaced by Stuart Binny for his all-round performance with bat and bowl so that the fate of 1st Test doesn’t get repeated.
Day 2 has started with India losing early wicket of R Ashwin by Mathews. W Saha is playing sensible today keeping in mind the total of minimum 400 for India’s first innings. India is deliberately putting their efforts to forget the disaster at 1st Test and start fresh match. The match is ongoing with 100 overs have been bowled 346/7.
SL v IND 2nd Test Match Day 2 Scorecard
Day 2: 2nd Session – Sri Lanka trail by 346 runs
Ind 1st Innings – 393
| Batting | Out Desc | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murali Vijay | lbw b Dhammika Prasad | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lokesh Rahul | c Chandimal b Dushmantha Chameera | 108 | 190 | 13 | 1 | 56.8 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c D Karunaratne b Dhammika Prasad | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Virat Kohli (c) | c Mathews b Herath | 78 | 107 | 8 | 1 | 72.9 |
| Rohit Sharma | lbw b Mathews | 79 | 132 | 5 | 3 | 59.8 |
| Stuart Binny | c Dushmantha Chameera b Herath | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Wriddhiman Saha (wk) | lbw b Herath | 56 | 117 | 6 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | c K Silva b Mathews | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Amit Mishra | c Chandimal b Dushmantha Chameera | 24 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 48.0 |
| Ishant Sharma | lbw b Herath | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 |
| Umesh Yadav | not out | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | 28 | (b – 8 w – 4, nb – 3, lb – 13) | ||||
| Total | 393 | (114 Overs, 10 Wickets) | ||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhammika Prasad | 24 | 7 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Angelo Mathews | 15 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 20 | 2 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.6 |
| Rangana Herath | 25 | 3 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| T Kaushal | 30 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.7 |
| FOW | Batsman | Score | Over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murali Vijay | 4/1 | 0.4 |
| 2 | Ajinkya Rahane | 12/2 | 4.3 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | 176/3 | 43.3 |
| 4 | Lokesh Rahul | 231/4 | 59.2 |
| 5 | Stuart Binny | 267/5 | 71.5 |
| 6 | Rohit Sharma | 319/6 | 87.2 |
| 7 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 321/7 | 89.3 |
| 8 | Amit Mishra | 367/8 | 105.4 |
| 9 | Wriddhiman Saha | 386/9 | 111.3 |
| 10 | Ishant Sharma | 393/10 | 113.6 |
SL 1st Innings – 47/1 (15.5 overs)
| Batting | Out Desc | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimuth Karunaratne | lbw b Umesh | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Kaushal Silva | batting | 19 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 44.2 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | batting | 24 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 49.0 |
| Extras | 3 | (b – 0 w – 0, nb – 2, lb – 1) | ||||
| Total | 47 | (15.5 Overs, 1 Wickets) | ||||
| Yet To bat: | Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews(c), Dinesh Chandimal(wk), Jehan Mubarak, Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath, T Kaushal, Dushmantha Chameera | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishant Sharma | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Umesh Yadav | 5 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Stuart Binny | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| FOW | Batsman | Score | Over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimuth Karunaratne | 1/1 | 1.1 |
The last and burning high temperature Test Match of ‘The Ashes’ Series is taking a huge U-turn as Australia dominated the first day with 287/3 at the end of 79.4 overs. Steven Smith and Adam Voges are playing at 78 and 47 respectively. England bowling has not been so effective to put Aussies batsman on back foot. Michael Clarke’s last Test Match and he falls short on just 15 runs. England were delighted cracking his wicket after Warner knocked tremendous 85 runs in just 131 balls . The opening partnership scored 100 runs and they dominated the first session of the day. But a comeback from Mark Wood blowed Chris Rogers who has also announced retirement after this Test match departed at 43 runs.
Today, it will be interesting to see the approach of Australian line up. Will they make their consistent move in the second day too to give the best farewell of Michael Clarke? Will Australia save the lost dignity and reputation by winning the final Test Match? Catch the live action of Ind-SL and Aus-England on
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