Team India’s batting lineup struggled against the Sri Lankan bowlers on Saturday as four key batters – Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, and Virat Kohli – were all dismissed in the Tea break on Day 1 of India-Sri Lanka of a Pink ball Test at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat first in the Day and Night Test. After the hosts lost their top three batters even before reaching 100, ex-India skipper Virat Kohli had come to bat at number 4. It was on the senior batter to steady his team’s sinking ship.
After scoring 23, the batting superstar was forced to take a long walk back to the pavilion.
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Dhananjay de Silva took a prized wicket of Virat Kohli as he got him leg before wicket to leave India in big trouble at 86 for the loss of 4 wickets. Before getting out, Virat scored the much-needed 47-run stand with Hunama Vihari.
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At the time this article was filed, India had scored 243 runs with Bumrah and Iyer standing unbeaten at the crease.
India playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma (c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Sri Lanka playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama
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