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Currently leading 1-0 in the two-match Test series, India will want to end the series on a high when they take on Sri Lanka at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.


India vs Sri Lanka
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
12-16 March, 12:30 PM local time

For a team that's undergoing transition, India made a massive statement of intent under the new Test captainship of Rohit Sharma with a dominating win by an innings and 222 runs in the first Test in Mohali. It consolidated India's fifth position in the World Test Championship standings but they will be looking to move further up with a win in Bengaluru.

Ravindra Jadeja was the star of the show with 175* in the first innings, which was followed by nine wickets in the next two innings. The all-round brilliance helped the southpaw scale to the top of the ICC Test Rankings for all-rounders.

India have made one change to the squad with Axar Patel replacing Kuldeep Yadav. Patel, who last played against New Zealand in November, has recovered from shin injury as well as COVID19 and could slot right into the playing XI in place of Jayant Yadav.

Sri Lanka will be looking to bounce back after a crushing defeat in the first Test. The bowlers looked hapless when asked to bowl first and the batters too looked off-colour, with only two half-centuries in the whole match.

The two positives for Sri Lanka were the half-centurions Pathum Nissanka and Niroshan Dickwella. Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne will have to lead from the front with the bat, especially after an injury has ruled Nissanka out of the second Test, and hope the other pieces fall in place if they are to break their Test hoodoo in India.

The Test will be Suranga Lakmal's final game for Sri Lanka and the Islanders will be hoping to give the veteran bowler a farewell to remember.


Remember the last time

Led by Ravindra Jadeja's 175* and fifties from Rishabh Pant (96) and Ravichandran Ashwin (61), India posted a mammoth 574/8 before declaring. In reply, Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 174, with Jadeja leading the way with a five-for.

Asked to follow on, the visitors could manage only four better from their first innings total, thanks to Niroshan Dickwella's 51*. For the hosts, Jadeja and Ashwin picked up four wickets, with the latter going past Kapil Dev to become India's second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.

In the end, the spin twins proved to be too hot to handle for the visitors as India walloped Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs.


What they said

India vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah on specific preparations for the pink ball Test: "It all depends on the individual. Pink Ball looks different, the speed at which it comes to you on the field and the amount it moves or spins is also different. Also timings for the day-night Test are also different, so the ball might not do so much in the first session but might start to do more under the light. We have played the Pink Ball Tests on all different surfaces, so there are no set parameters for it."

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2525905


Squads:

India Squad: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma(c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Shubman Gill, Umesh Yadav, Priyank Panchal, Srikar Bharat, Axar Patel, Saurabh Kumar

Sri Lanka Squad: Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dinesh Chandimal, Chamika Karunaratne, Jeffrey Vandersay
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India have won the toss and have opted to bat

India (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma(c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama
 
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Alas we didn't win the tosses when it mattered the most (WTC Finals, UAE T20 World Cup, 2018 overseas test series against England, South Africa)
 
RamLakhan said:
Alas we didn't win the tosses when it mattered the most (WTC Finals, UAE T20 World Cup, 2018 overseas test series against England, South Africa)
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Maybe the problem was with the man who was standing for coining the toss :yk
 
IND 30/2 (11.4) CRR: 2.57

VK at the crease....
 
Tighten your seat bealts. The great man is all set to produce some serious entertainment on this turning wicket, much like the great Virender Sehwag did in the 2000s decade :inti
 
Woah, that ball turned quick and stayed low. Is this pitch a repetition of Ahmedabad 2021?
 
Pink ball and day-night test seems to be a nightmare combination in India (It was even in Australia). Perhaps better to drop this idea...
 
RamLakhan said:
Pink ball and day-night test seems to be a nightmare combination in India (It was even in Australia). Perhaps better to drop this idea...
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Well that is the future of test cricket to have more spectators come in to watch test cricket. Look at the number of people come in on 1st session Day 1

All are new to pink ball cricket, India a bit late in experimenting it , so will take some time for them to be good at, the more they play the better..
 
Pink SG ball + Indian wicket seems to be a dangerous combo for the batters. Fun to watch though as every ball is an event.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Never seen a rank turner like this.
Ball tuning square right from the first over.
Crazy pitch.
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Should have thought twice before prepping rank turners against SRL , but it doesnt matter if Rohit and Kohli struggling then i dont think anyone in SRL team would play it better..

200+ will be a winning 1st inns score..
 
OR shall we see long awaited upset? (Srilankan test victory in India!)
 
Are they? This wicket is turning square. 225 is a good first inning score.
 
Sri Lankans with straight faces or wry smiles at every wicket now. They're realising they will have to bat on this pitch too :)))
 
Jadeja out now.

The pitch is rank, turning and bouncing like filth, but India aren’t playing their best shots on it either.
 
Could be over pretty quickly this match.

Contrast to Karachi.
 
3 day match coming up.

Reminds me of the pitch for India v England in Ahmedebad last year, a shooter and a zooter where Joe Root took a five-fer as the spinner.
 
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Gavaskar endlessly wittering on commentary as usual.

One of his colleagues should let him know that sometimes less is more.
 
So much is happening on this wicket. A research needs to be done on SG Pink ball.
But i must admit it is exciting to watch. My dibbly dobblies will get a few here.
 
Just watching the replay of Kohli’s dismissal.

Unplayable to be honest, practically rolled along the ground.

Bradman couldn’t have played that gazunder.
 
Good fifty by Shreyas Iyer. Quality knock, he and Pant will take over as next set of cricketers for next generation.
 
Shreyas Iyer playing a very important knock here with the tail, Ashwin held there for some time as well, could be the deciding factor for this match...
 
Good quality innings by Namma Iyer Paiyaan - on a difficult wicket.
On another front, i guess the pink laquer makes it do more and generally batsmen are toast.
What a pathetic digrace of a wicket.
 
Can guess how the post match interviews are going to sound already.

Whenever there is a specially prepped rank turner in India, India tend to win easily, and then the Indian batters always come out in the media afterwards and blame themselves for the wrong shot selection.

Prevents the pitch getting a Poor rating then.
 
James said:
Can guess how the post match interviews are going to sound already.

Whenever there is a specially prepped rank turner in India, India tend to win easily, and then the Indian batters always come out in the media afterwards and blame themselves for the wrong shot selection.

Prevents the pitch getting a Poor rating then.
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That's what even SENA players do after preparing green/bouncy pitch for Indians!
 
Crazy cricket being played there, nobody comes to close that single

Are SRL thinking that India will declare after Iyer gets his hundred , so they can go rest in the pavilion...
 
James said:
Can guess how the post match interviews are going to sound already.

Whenever there is a specially prepped rank turner in India, India tend to win easily, and then the Indian batters always come out in the media afterwards and blame themselves for the wrong shot selection.

Prevents the pitch getting a Poor rating then.
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2 schools of thought for me.
I'd rather we prepare a wicket wherein the captain is still undecided as to what to do till the coin is tossed, a wicket on which all typses of bowlers prosper and some for the batsmen too.
the other part says as long as the BOUNCE is EVEN on ALL 5 days-so what if it turns on session one day one, u need skill to prosper. Its when the bounce is uneven then its not a fair pitch.
If it spins on day one but the bounce is even - its not a 'specially prepped rank turner' - u need the acumen to score.
The ptich in Mohali was not a rank turner, it was evenly bounce - our guys showed fantastic skills, the opposition did not. Sadly, that part of narrative gets lost in the whole 'doctored pitches' gravy train
 
One fast-bowler would have been enough on this minefield.

Will be interesting to see if Sri Lanka are stupid enough to sweep/come down the track to Axar Patel.

Even if they don't though, I feel their goose is cooked. They've conceded too much.
 
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IND 252 (59.1) CRR: 4.26
Day 1: Dinner Break
 
Whichever way u look @ it, getting rolled out for 250 in 2 and bit sessions, u have opened the door for the opposition.
 
This Indian test team is the best in the world by a country mile.

The bowling attack of bumrah, shami, ashwin, Patel, jadeja is one to be feared off. Devastating bowling attack.

Just a joy to watch the greatest test team in the past decade.
 
IND 252
SL 28/4 (12) CRR: 2.33
Day 1: 3rd Session - Sri Lanka trail by 224 runs
 
Before spinners had to do anything on turning tracks, Indian pacers blew away the SL top order. Pacers moving the ball both ways is always hard to play.

SL should play a bit aggressively otherwise I don't think they can simply hang around here.
 
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Even if this pitch is behaving like a spitting cobra, it's any day better than the one we saw at Rawalpindi. That pitch didn't help anyone.
 
This year the workload for Indian pacers is not that much( no major away series and mostly home tests). Hence, it was important to give both Bumrah and Shami these two tests just to get the bowling rhythm going and pick some easy wickets too vs Sri Lanka, although all these wickets were due to quality bowling.

It would be great if both go on to take 300+ test wickets in their career at their current averages.
 
IND 252
SL 86/6 (30) CRR: 2.87
Day 1: Stumps - Sri Lanka trail by 166 runs
 
This one already looks as good as sewn up. Sri Lanka needed to bowl out India for less than 180 on this fiendish track (as they could have done) to be right in this. They are too far behind now.
 
Iyer and Bumrah propel India into dominant position as 16 wickets fall on first day

Sixteen wickets fell on an extraordinary opening day in Bangalore as India took control of the Second Test against Sri Lanka.

Shreyas Iyer top-scored with an attacking 92 as India raced to 252 all-out inside the first two sessions of the day-night match.

And India’s quick bowlers did the damage with the ball, tearing through the Sri Lankan top order as Jasprit Bumrah took 3/15 and Mohammad Shami 2/18.

The visitors will resume on 86/6, still trailing by 166 runs.

India lost both openers early on day one, with Mayank Agarwal run out in unusual circumstances, with an appeal initially taken for an lbw. And Rohit Sharma followed his opening partner back to the hutch inside the first ten overs, edging the dangerous Lasith Embuldeniya to slip to become the first of eight wickets to fall to spin in the innings.

Hanuma Vihari and Virat Kohli stabilised things for a while during the morning session with a 102-ball partnership of 47 that turned out to be comfortably the longest any pair were able to stay at the crease all day.

But both fell in the space of seven balls before lunch, Vihari edging Praveen Jayawickrama behind for 31 and a flabbergasted Kohli trapped lbw by a shooter from Dhananjaya de Silva for 23.

With Sri Lanka’s spinners looking extremely dangerous, Rishabh Pant went on the counter-attack either side of lunch in a remarkable yet characteristic knock, hitting seven boundaries off his 26 deliveries faced in a quickfire 39.

Pant had helped India beyond triple figures when he had his stumps scattered by a turner from Embuldeniya, but Iyer kept the momentum going as wickets continued to fall around him.

Ravichandran Ashwin was the only remaining India batter to make it to double figures, facing 33 balls in his gutsy 13, but Iyer’s brilliance at the other end saw his side add a further 69 runs after Ashwin had departed.

And Iyer was the last wicket to fall, stumped by Niroshan Dickwella as he went for one of two boundaries required to reach his century, dismissed with what turned out to be the final ball of the second session.

Embuldeniya and Jayawickrama finished with three-wickets apiece, with the tidy Suranga Lakmal taking the only wicket to fall to the quicks, ending with economical figures of 1/12 from eight overs.

India’s seamers were always likely to be a threat under the lights in the final session, but few could have predicted such a destructive performance from Bumrah and Shami on a pitch that appeared better suited to spin than pace.

Bumrah struck right at the start of his second over, drawing an edge from Kusal Mendis that was snaffled by Iyer in the slips. And the pair combined for another wicket off the first ball of Bumrah’s third over, Lahiru Thirimanne caught by Iyer in the cordon.

The early impact of pace saw Rohit Sharma replace Ashwin with Shami in the new-ball attack, and the move reaped immediate rewards, with Dimuth Karunaratne clean-bowled to leave Sri Lanka 14/3, with all three wickets having been taken by the first ball of an over.

Angelo Mathews and De Silva attempted to stem the tide, but their resistance didn’t last long, with the latter trapped lbw by Shami for 10.

And the wickets kept on falling, with spin taking its first scalp of the innings when Axar Patel had a nervy Charith Asalanka caught at mid-off.

Sri Lanka’s hopes of emerging from the wreckage of their first innings with a minor deficit suffered a huge blow shortly before the close.

Mathews had been the only batter to establish himself at the crease, showing excellent determination to eke out 43 runs before falling victim to a slower-ball from Bumrah that caught him off-guard, with Sharma holding onto the edge at slip.

And the match will already be well along its path when Sri Lanka resume at 86/6 on the second morning, still trailing by 166 runs.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2528434
 
<b>Iyer and Bumrah propel India into dominant position as 16 wickets fall on first day

WTC23, IND v SL, Day One Report</b>

Sixteen wickets fell on an extraordinary opening day in Bangalore as India took control of the Second Test against Sri Lanka.

Shreyas Iyer top-scored with an attacking 92 as India raced to 252 all-out inside the first two sessions of the day-night match.

And India’s quick bowlers did the damage with the ball, tearing through the Sri Lankan top order as Jasprit Bumrah took 3/15 and Mohammad Shami 2/18.

The visitors will resume on 86/6, still trailing by 166 runs.

India lost both openers early on day one, with Mayank Agarwal run out in unusual circumstances, with an appeal initially taken for an lbw. And Rohit Sharma followed his opening partner back to the hutch inside the first ten overs, edging the dangerous Lasith Embuldeniya to slip to become the first of eight wickets to fall to spin in the innings.

Hanuma Vihari and Virat Kohli stabilised things for a while during the morning session with a 102-ball partnership of 47 that turned out to be comfortably the longest any pair were able to stay at the crease all day.

But both fell in the space of seven balls before lunch, Vihari edging Praveen Jayawickrama behind for 31 and a flabbergasted Kohli trapped lbw by a shooter from Dhananjaya de Silva for 23.

With Sri Lanka’s spinners looking extremely dangerous, Rishabh Pant went on the counter-attack either side of lunch in a remarkable yet characteristic knock, hitting seven boundaries off his 26 deliveries faced in a quickfire 39.

Pant had helped India beyond triple figures when he had his stumps scattered by a turner from Embuldeniya, but Iyer kept the momentum going as wickets continued to fall around him.

Ravichandran Ashwin was the only remaining India batter to make it to double figures, facing 33 balls in his gutsy 13, but Iyer’s brilliance at the other end saw his side add a further 69 runs after Ashwin had departed.

And Iyer was the last wicket to fall, stumped by Niroshan Dickwella as he went for one of two boundaries required to reach his century, dismissed with what turned out to be the final ball of the second session.

Embuldeniya and Jayawickrama finished with three-wickets apiece, with the tidy Suranga Lakmal taking the only wicket to fall to the quicks, ending with economical figures of 1/12 from eight overs.

India’s seamers were always likely to be a threat under the lights in the final session, but few could have predicted such a destructive performance from Bumrah and Shami on a pitch that appeared better suited to spin than pace.

Bumrah struck right at the start of his second over, drawing an edge from Kusal Mendis that was snaffled by Iyer in the slips. And the pair combined for another wicket off the first ball of Bumrah’s third over, Lahiru Thirimanne caught by Iyer in the cordon.

The early impact of pace saw Rohit Sharma replace Ashwin with Shami in the new-ball attack, and the move reaped immediate rewards, with Dimuth Karunaratne clean-bowled to leave Sri Lanka 14/3, with all three wickets having been taken by the first ball of an over.

Angelo Mathews and De Silva attempted to stem the tide, but their resistance didn’t last long, with the latter trapped lbw by Shami for 10.

And the wickets kept on falling, with spin taking its first scalp of the innings when Axar Patel had a nervy Charith Asalanka caught at mid-off.

Sri Lanka’s hopes of emerging from the wreckage of their first innings with a minor deficit suffered a huge blow shortly before the close.

Mathews had been the only batter to establish himself at the crease, showing excellent determination to eke out 43 runs before falling victim to a slower-ball from Bumrah that caught him off-guard, with Sharma holding onto the edge at slip.

And the match will already be well along its path when Sri Lanka resume at 86/6 on the second morning, still trailing by 166 runs.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2528434
 
Must say Rishabh's keeping has improved, he's taken the low takes wonderfully well.
That stumping was all class and Dhoni-esque:ua
 
so We lead by 143. I jsut get the feeling that our guys and our media are a tad too over confident.
Its only the 2nd day and if we fold over for 100 odd and SL need 250 odd - & if global warming really kicks in and and if the pitch binds together or becomes flat or some other miracle, we will be left with humble pie on our faces.
Hope our guys make it count and score big. Especially VK:vk
 
SL 109
IND 252 & 163/4 (38.3) CRR: 4.23
Day 2: 2nd Session - India lead by 306 runs
 
Shreyas seems to be great player of spin. Solid asset to Indian team . Should definitely be now regular in middle order. Stylish player as well
 
Shreyas can officially be called as Sri Lanka destroyer now. He has had amazing series against them.
 
Bumrah moving both ways at such a high pace is going to be hard for anyone.
 
IND 252 & 303/9 d
SL 109 & 17/1 (4.2) CRR: 3.92
Day 2: 3rd Session - Sri Lanka need 430 runs
 
Sri Lanka close on 28/1 in their second innings.

Outclassed!
 
Rishabh Pant scored the fastest fifty in the history of Indian Test cricket and Shreyas Iyer hit his second half-century of the match as India raced to a declaration at 303/9 on an action-packed second day in Bengaluru.

And Jasprit Bumrah, who had earlier completed a five-wicket haul, struck in the first over late on as Sri Lanka closed on 28/1, 419 runs behind with three days still remaining in the match.

In total 14 wickets fell and 354 runs were scored on a thrilling day as the day-night second Test moved along at a breakneck pace.

A thrilling Day Two had started with Sri Lanka resuming on 86/6 in their first innings. But the tourists were restricted to 109 all out within the first thirty minutes of the day’s play.

With his overnight figures of 3/15, Jasprit Bumrah continued his impressive bowling and quickly completed his maiden five-for at home.

Bumrah and Ashwin opened the bowling at the start of the day and wreaked havoc. Lasith Embuldeniya was the first to go as he succumbed to Bumrah's short ball, giving Rishabh Pant a simple catch. And Bumrah brought up his five-for with the wicket of Niroshan Dickwella for 21 with a well-directed short delivery that took the gloves and through to Pant yet again.

Ashwin cleaned up Sri Lanka’s tail with his variations. Amid a flurry of regular off-spins, Suranga Lakmal failed to pick up the carrom ball and lost his wicket early. And Ashwin then took the final wicket of Sri Lanka, as Vishwa Fernando was unable to read the variation and was stumped.

With a first-innings lead of 143 runs, Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma got off to a good start. But as the openers approached their fifty-run opening partnership, Mayank decided to charge the spinners, and the approach didn’t work for him as he succumbed to Embuldenya, edging it straight into the hands of gully.

Hanuma Vihari survived a close LBW call at the start of his innings but he stood firm with the captain as India went for tea at 61 for 1.

The two batters added 56 runs for the second wicket before Rohit went for a maximum, only to hole out in the deep four runs short of his fifty. Vihari soon followed him back into the pavilion after missing a sweep off Praveen Jayawickrama that rattled his stumps.

That wicket brought Pant to the crease, and he smashed two sixes and a four to show that he wasn't going to hang around.

India lost another wicket when Virat Kohli was once again trapped leg before wicket in the match, stunning the Bengaluru crowd to silence. But at the other end, Pant showed no signs of slowing down. Seven fours and two sixes later, Pant brought up his fifty in just 28 balls, the fastest by an Indian player in Test cricket.

He played one big shot too many and was out for 50, with Jayawickrama pouching a skier off his own bowling. Yet, thanks to Pant, India had added 138 runs in the second session at a run rate of 4.75, taking their lead beyond 300.

India's domination continued after the dinner break, with Shreyas Iyer taking the attack to the Sri Lankan bowlers. He kept finding boundaries with regularity and soon brought up his second fifty of the match.

There was some reason to cheer for Sri Lanka as Ravindra Jadeja played on to his own stumps off the bowling of Vishwa Fernando.

But Ravichandran Ashwin and Iyer kept building the lead, which passed well beyond 400 by the time the pair fell in the space of four deliveries.

Ashwin was the first to go, edging behind off the excellent Jayawickrama, with Iyer joining him back in the pavilion at the start of the next over when he was trapped in-front by Embuldeniya.

A late flurry from Mohammad Shami, who smashed 16* off just 8 deliveries, helped the score up to 303. But when Axar Patel was bowled by Embuldeniya – the eighth wicket to fall to spin in the innings – India opted to declare a wicket early.

Facing a tricky mini-session under lights with over three days of the match still remaining and a daunting 447-run deficit, Sri Lanka’s second innings got off to a disastrous start when Jasprit Bumrah struck in the first over.

India’s pacer had been sensational in the first innings, and picked up where he left off, with a huge in-swinging wrapping Lahiru Thirimanne on the pads to consign the opener to a duck.

But Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis saw it through to the close, and Sri Lanka will return on day three knowing they have a huge task in-front of them if they are to even avoid a huge margin of defeat.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2529898
 
Surprising to see Axar not being given ball as yet.
 
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