IND vs SL LIVE: Hanuma Vihari GRABS opportunity- India batter Hanuma Vihari grabbed the opportunity with both hands for a half-century. Playing at out of favour Pujara’s place, he looked completely solid. He slammed fifty off juts 93 deliveries comprising 93 balls in an innings of substance. He also shared a fifty partnership with Virat Kohli on the latter’s 100th test. Follow India vs Sri Lanka LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
FIFTY!
A fine half-century from @Hanumavihari in the 1st Test at Mohali. His 5th in Test cricket.
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Vihari played the role of aggressor with Kohli during the fifty partnership. He also survived an edge but looked in a purple patch that he continued from the domestic circuit after SA heroics.
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Earlier India legend Sunil Gavaskar had said that India Team management can try the Hyderabad batsman at No.3.
“You can look at Hanuma Vihari, who has done well in South Africa and showed a lot of courage,” Sunil Gavaskar was quoted as saying by India Today.
- Hanuma Vihari had scored unbeaten 40 and 20 in SA Test on his comeback after the triple fifties for India A.
- He had recently featured in Ranji Trophy for Hyderabad against Chandigarh and slammed a century and fifty in the same match.
- The latest development makes the road difficult for Pujara who is playing the Ranji Trophy with Saurashtra. Vihari can further seal the place with a century.
Speaking after the end of play on Day 1, Vihari said, “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.”
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