Sri Lanka is in trouble after their lower-order batting collapse on the day one of the second Test at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha (Nagpur).
Sri Lanka decided to bat first after winning the toss. They were bowled out for just 205 runs.
In reply, India was on 11/1 at the stumps where they were trailing by 194 runs.
Brief Scores: Sri Lanka – 205 (Dinesh Chandimal 57, Dimuth Karunaratne 51, Ravichandran Ashwin 4/67)
India – 11/1 (Lokesh Rahul 7, Cheteshwar Pujara 2*, Lahiru Gamage 1/4)
Here are some statistical highlights of Day 1 of the second Test:
- During the day one, Sri Lankan opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne (1,000) completed 1,000 Test runs in 2017. He is the second batsman to achieve this feat in 2017. South African opener Dean Elgar (1,097 runs) was the first man to complete 1,000 Test runs in 2017.
Also, Dimuth Karunaratne became the only second Sri Lankan opener to score 1,000 or more Test runs in a calendar year. Sanath Jayasuriya was the first Sri Lankan opener to achieve this feat who had done that twice in his career, and those were in the years of 1997 (1,209 runs) & 2004 (1,125 runs)
- During Sri Lanka’s first innings, Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal scored 57 runs. It is the fourth highest Test knock by a Sri Lankan skipper against India on the Indian soil. Here is the list:
Top four Test knocks by a Sri Lankan captain against India on the Indian soil
| Player | Runs scored | Venue | Year |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 137 | Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) | 2009 |
| Marvan Atapattu | 88 | Delhi | 2005 |
| Marvan Atapattu | 67 | Delhi | 2005 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | 57 | Nagpur | 2017 |
- In the first innings, Sri Lanka was bowled out for just 205 runs. It is their fourth lowest completed first innings Test total against India. Here is the list of Sri Lanka’s four lowest completed first innings Test total against India:
| Score | Venue | Year |
| 119 | Ahmedabad | 1994 |
| 183 | Galle | 2015 |
| 204 | Nagpur | 1986 |
| 205 | Nagpur | 2017 |
- During the first innings, Sri Lanka’s last six wickets fell just under 45 runs. It is Sri Lanka’s second-worst last six wickets collapse against India in the first innings of a Test match. The worst was at Colombo (PSS) in 1985 when Sri Lanka’s last six wickets fell for just 17 runs.
- Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bowled very well during Sri Lanka’s first innings as his bowling figure in that innings was 28.1-7-67-4. It is the third best first innings Test bowling figure at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha (Nagpur). Here is the list:
Top three first innings Test bowling figures at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha (Nagpur)
| Player (Team) | Bowling figures | Opposition | Year |
| Jason Krejza (Australia) | 43.5-1-215-8 | India | 2008 |
| Ishant Sharma (India) | 18-4-43-4 | New Zealand | 2010 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin (India) | 28.1-7-67-4 | Sri Lanka | 2017 |
- There were total four lbw dismissals during Sri Lanka’s first innings. It was the third time when four or more Sri Lankan batsmen were lbw in a Test innings against India. Here are the details:
| No.of batsmen were lbw | No.of Test innings | Venue | Year |
| 5 | First | Kanpur | 1986 |
| 4 | Second | Colombo (PSS) | 2008 |
| 4 | First | Nagpur | 2017 |