IND vs SL Day 2 Highlights: – India vs Sri Lanka – Rohit Sharma eyes another clean sweep as India need just nine wickets to win the Pink-Ball Test in Bengaluru. India had two showmen on Day 2. First Jasprit Bumrah bagged a fifer to demolish Sri Lankan batting up, bowling them out for 109 for a 143-run first-innings lead. Then, it was Rishabh Pant’s fastest Test fifty apart from Shreyas Iyer’s 67 helped India take command. Follow IND vs SL Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Chasing a mammoth 447-run target Lankans were dealt with an early blow as Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne’s leg before wicket for a duck of the third ball of the innings. Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis batted steadily to take the team’s total to 28/1 at stumps on Day-2 needing 419 more runs to win the Test match.
Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah bagged his first fifer in India as the hosts bowled out Sri Lanka for just 109 runs to take a 143-run first-innings lead in the 2nd Test in Bengaluru.
IND vs SL Day 2 Highlights: Pant, Iyer & Bumrah put India in command, need 9 wickets to win Pink-Ball Test, Sri Lanka need 419 runs, SL 28/1
Unlike the first innings, Indian openers started off steadily in the second innings as local lad Mayank Agarwal and skipper Rohit Sharma batted steadily to take the team’s total to 42. Slow left-arm bowler Lasith Embuldeniya then broke the partnership dismissing Agarwal for 22 caught in the gully by Dhananjaya de Silva.
Hanuma Vihari joined his skipper in the middle to take their team’s total beyond the 50-run mark as the hosts scored 61/1 going into Tea on day-2.
IND vs SL Day 2 Highlights: Pant, Iyer & Bumrah put India in command, need 9 wickets to win Pink-Ball Test, Sri Lanka need 419 runs, SL 28/1
STUMPS on Day 2 of the 2nd Test.
Sri Lanka are 109 & 28/1 in response to #TeamIndia‘s 252 & 303/9d.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) March 13, 2022
IND vs SL Day 2 Highlights: Pant, Iyer & Bumrah put India in command, need 9 wickets to win Pink-Ball Test, Sri Lanka need 419 runs, SL 28/1
Resuming the Post Tea session at 61/1 Hanuma Vihari and skipper Rohit Sharma batted steadily to notch up a fifty partnership. The 56-run partnership between Rohit-Vihari was broken by right-arm off-break bowler Dhananjaya de Silva as dismissed captain Rohit Sharma for 46 left India at 98/2.
Virat Kohli came in to bat with Vihari and the duo took India’s second innings total to a triple-figure mark. At the score of 116 the hosts lost their third wicket as Praveen Jayawickrama cleaned up Vihari for 35.
Rishabh Pant smashes fastest fifty – Rishabh Pant walked in to bat and the southpaw started in his trademark aggressive style hitting boundaries and sixes. But the small 23-run partnership was broken as Jayawickrama dismissed Virat Kohli’s leg before the wicket and the star batter’s disappointing run with the bat continued.
- Fastest recorded 50s for India in Test cricket
- 28 Rishabh Pant vs SL Bengaluru 2022 – today
30 Kapil Dev vs Pak Karachi 1982
31 Shardul Thakur vs Eng Oval 2021
32 V Sehwag vs Eng Chennai 2008
India’s top-run scorer in the previous innings Shreyas Iyer walked into bat with Pant and took India’s second innings total beyond the 150-run mark. The wicket-keeper batter continued to deal in boundaries and sixes and went on to notch up his half-century of just 28 balls. Pant became the fastest Indian half-centurion in Test matches breaking Kapil Dev’s record who scored his Test fifty of 30 balls.
- 50+ in both inngs of a D/N Test
87 & 116 Darren Bravo v Pak Dubai 2016
130 & 63 Steven Smith v Pak Brisbane 2016
143 & 50 Marnus Labuschagne v NZ Perth 2019
103 & 51 Marnus Labuschagne v Eng Adelaide 2021
92 & 52* Shreyas Iyer v SL Bengaluru 2022
IND vs SL Day 2 Highlights: Pant, Iyer & Bumrah put India in command, need 9 wickets to win Pink-Ball Test, Sri Lanka need 419 runs, SL 28/1
Soon after scoring his half-century Pant was dismissed caught and bowled by Jayawickrama to leave India at 189/5. Ravindra Jadeja came into bat with Shreyas Iyer and the duo took India’s total to 199 for 5 going into Dinner to extend the lead to 342 runs.
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings: 28/1, Need 447 to win
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahiru Thirimanne | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Dimuth Karunaratne (C) | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 | |
| Kusal Mendis | 16 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 61.54 | |
| Extra | 2 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 28/1 (7) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | A Mathews, D de Silva, C Asalanka, N Dickwella, S Lakmal, L Embuldeniya, MVT Fernando, P Jayawickrama | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Mohammed Shami | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| L Thirimanne | 1-0 | 0.3 |
IND vs SL Day 2 Highlights: Pant, Iyer & Bumrah put India in command, need 9 wickets to win Pink-Ball Test, Sri Lanka need 419 runs, SL 28/1
Sri Lanka 1st Innings: 109 all out, trail by 143 runs
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kusal Mendis | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Dimuth Karunaratne (C) | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 30.77 | |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Angelo Mathews | 43 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 50.59 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 41.67 | |
| Charith Asalanka | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| Niroshan Dickwella (WK) | 21 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 55.26 | |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| Suranga Lakmal | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.56 | |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Vishwa Fernando | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 1 (b 1, w 0, nb 0, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 109/10 (35.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 10 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 2.40 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 8.5 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 3.40 |
| Mohammed Shami | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Axar Patel | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 4.20 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| K Mendis | 1-2 | 2.1 |
| L Thirimanne | 2-14 | 4.1 |
| D Karunaratne | 3-14 | 5.1 |
| D de Silva | 4-28 | 11.5 |
| C Asalanka | 5-50 | 17.3 |
| A Mathews | 6-85 | 28.1 |
| L Embuldeniya | 7-95 | 32.2 |
| S Lakmal | 8-100 | 33.6 |
| N Dickwella | 9-100 | 34.2 |
| MVT Fernando | 10-109 | 35.5 |
IND vs SL Day 2 Highlights: Pant, Iyer & Bumrah put India in command, need 9 wickets to win Pink-Ball Test, Sri Lanka need 419 runs, SL 28/1
India 1st Innings – 252/10
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayank Agarwal | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Rohit Sharma (C) | 15 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | |
| Hanuma Vihari | 31 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 38.27 | |
| Virat Kohli | 23 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 47.92 | |
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | 39 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| Shreyas Iyer | 92 | 98 | 10 | 4 | 93.88 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 13 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 39.39 | |
| Axar Patel | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 128.57 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 17 (b 7, w 0, nb 2, lb 8) | |||||
| Total | 252/10 (59.1) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Mayank Agarwal | 1-10 | 1.4 |
| Rohit Sharma | 2-29 | 9.3 |
| GH Vihari | 3-76 | 26.2 |
| Virat Kohli | 4-86 | 27.3 |
| Rishabh Pant | 5-126 | 32.4 |
| RA Jadeja | 6-148 | 36.4 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 7-183 | 47.1 |
| Axar Patel | 8-215 | 49.6 |
| M Shami | 9-229 | 53.5 |
| S Iyer | 10-252 | 59.1 |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suranga Lakmal | 8 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Vishwa Fernando | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 1 |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | 24 | 2 | 94 | 3 | 3.91 | 0 | 1 |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | 17.1 | 3 | 81 | 3 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 7 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 4.57 | 0 | 0 |
India Playing XI 2nd Test: Rohit Sharma (C), Mayank Agarwal/Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Sri Lanka Playing XI 2nd Test: Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama
IND vs SL Day 2 Highlights: Pant, Iyer & Bumrah put India in command, need 9 wickets to win Pink-Ball Test, Sri Lanka need 419 runs, SL 28/1
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