India finished the day one of the Nagpur Test on 11 for one in eight overs, with Murali Vijay batting on two off 28 balls and Cheteshwar Pujara remained unbeaten on two off seven deliveries when stumps were drawn.
In the first innings, India is trailing by 194 runs.
Coming to bat, India lost the first wicket early on in the form of KL Rahul when Lahiru Gamage claimed his wicket in fourth over of Indian innings.
The right-handed batsman went for a drive as the ball took the inside edge of the bat which subsequently crashed onto the stumps.
Dejected Rahul scored seven off 13 balls, before trudging off the ground while nodding his head.
On a Nagpur surface which has had been traditionally assisting the spinners further saw Sri Lanka was restricted to 205 in 79.1 overs, as the hosts’ spinners rose to the occasion while sharing seven wickets in the second Test.
In the final session of day one of the Nagpur Test, the ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin marked the end of Lankan innings – to complete his bowling figures of 28.1 which saw him conceding 67 runs, for claiming four scalps.
The lanky fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who came in place of Mohammed Shami, who picked up hip niggle collecting three wickets – to make things difficult for the Lions, as he went on to remove both the openers in the form of Sadeera Samarawickrama and Dimuth Karunaratne later on.
After winning the toss Dinesh Chandimal stated it was pretty good wicket to bat on than Eden Gardens itself, but the visitors’ batsman lost the first wicket in the fifth over when Ishant undid Samarawickrama after a spectacular low-catch by Cheteshwar Pujara in the first slip.
For Sri Lanka, Chandimal was the top scorer with 57 off 122 balls, as Karunaratne scored 51 off 147 deliveries before throwing his wicket away.
For the fourth wicket, Chandimal and Karunaratne registered 62 runs which was the highest partnership for Lankan innings.
At least four Lankan batsmen did not cross the double-figure mark which further saw the last man to go was Rangana Herath when he was caught by Ajinkya Rahane on the bowling off Ashwin after facing 23 balls to score four.
Here are the Tweets after the completion of day one of the second Test in Nagpur:
1000 test runs in 2017 for Karunaratne shows how consistent he is in this year. #INDvSL
— Fanisko NFTs (@FaniskoNFTs) November 24, 2017
Not a lot of help for them but @imjadeja and @ashwinravi99 have shown their class
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 24, 2017
Sri Lanka will be very disappointed with this score having won a good toss. Definitely not a 205 pitch.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 24, 2017
Win the toss. Bat. Pitch plays better than expected. 122/3 and 205 all out. Sri Lanka has been ordinary. #IndvSL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 24, 2017
For the 7th day in a row in this series, @cheteshwar1 will come out to bat tomorrow. #INDvSL
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) November 24, 2017
If KL Rahul didn’t end up as an all time great Indian opener the kid will have squandered his considerable talents. Oozes pure class. Will definitely do well abroad, plays with soft hands unlike his ultra hyped up Captain! #INDvSL
— KP (Original nut!) ????????? ?? ?? (@kediwins) November 24, 2017
KL Rahul Test Career. #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/GdAVSzSlTj
— c (@cz516) November 24, 2017
Regardless of the conditions Vijay should always be the first choice, 2nd should be between Rahul and Dhawan #INDvsSL #INDvSL @vikrantgupta73 @bhogleharsha
— Prateek Srivastava (@prateek1786) November 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/OjasManvi/status/934016130854694912
@mvj888 is a solid batsmens for test 2 off 28,We need him in oversea test for sure #INDvsSL
— Vimojan Paramjothy (@vimoj29) November 24, 2017
The choice for the second opener should be between Dhawan and Rahul.
Vijay is too class a player to leave out, regardless of the conditions. #INDvSL #INDvsSL— VIJAY (@V1JJU) November 24, 2017
Was a nothing ball really that got KL out, Rahul's going through a very interesting phase in his carrier I must say. #INDvsSL
— KASHISH (@crickashish217) November 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/SirIshantSharma/status/933987063090819072
Sri Lanka Sold Out On 205. Gotta Feel Bad For Umesh Yadav, Despite Bowling Well Ends Up Wicketless Too Often. Come On. Let's Win This One By An Inning. ????#INDvsSL #INDvSL #Ishant #Ashwin #SirJadeja pic.twitter.com/qQOVMS3pQZ
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) November 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/_SirJadeja/status/934017175148380162
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