Ravindra Jadeja's vocation best 175 was the highlight of one more solid show by India's batting before the bowlers took four wickets to help the hosts in expanding their fortification over Sri Lanka on day two of the principal Test at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium on Saturday.
The guests got off to a consistent beginning as Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne
got 48 runs in the initial 18 overs. India utilized four bowlers inside the initial ten overs yet didn't get a lot of help from the pitch.
Ravichandran Ashwin's presentation made things intense for Thirimanne and at last, the off-spinner tempted him in shielding forward and beating the inward edge to trap the player plumb lbw.
Karunaratne figured out how to endure testing over from Mohammed Shami. Yet, Jadeja, who got a few turn and made opportunities for lbw yells, hit with his second wad of the day, catching Karunaratne with a turning in conveyance and hit him on cushions plumb before stumps while attempting to clear.
Pathum Nissanka and Angelo Mathews looked sure at the wrinkle subsequent to hitting a few limits. Yet, Jasprit Bumrah isolated the team, tidying up Nissanka through the door, just to understand that it fell off a no-ball. Bumrah at last got a wicket when he caught a rearranging Mathews lbw, rapping him on the back cushion.
Ashwin then, at that point, returned for one more spell and was compensated with the wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva on the absolute first ball. De Silva rearranged across to trudge clear to an extremely full conveyance on off-stump and was struck plumb before stumps.
Jadeja had beaten Charith Asalanka within edge and was fruitful in his lbw offer. Yet, Asalanka got to invert the choice as the survey showed the ball missing the stumps. Asalanka and Nissanka then, at that point, guaranteed that Sri Lanka arrived at stumps with no further loss of wickets.
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