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10:04 AM (IST)
FOUR!
FOUR! Bumrah gives enough room to Nissanka. The Sri Lankan stays back and smashes the ball towards square of the wicket for a boundary. SL 138/4
10:03 AM (IST)
FOUR!
FOUR! Second boundary in the over by Nissanka. First towards backward short leg and now through mid wicket. He is enjoying batting against Ashwin. SL 133/4
09:59 AM (IST)
FOUR!
FOUR! Nissanka stays back and plays this nicely towards fine leg.
09:58 AM (IST)
FOUR!
FOUR! Overpitched from Ashwin. Asalanka goes hard this time. Ashwin isn’t happy with this delivery.
09:47 AM (IST)
DROPPED!
Ashwin to Asalanka. The Sri Lankan dances down the track and smashes this high. Shreyas Iyer is running at deep mid wicket, gets both hands under it but spills it in the end.
09:40 AM (IST)
FOUR!
FOUR! Short from Shami. Asalanka pulls this nicely towards backward square leg for a boundary. First boundary of the morning. SL 115/4
09:30 AM (IST)
It’s time for action
Pathum Nissanka and Charith Asalanka are making their way to the middle. Mohammed Shami will start the proceedings for India. Here we go…!!!
09:25 AM (IST)
Huddle talk!
Captain Rohit Sharma giving a last-minute pep talk to his team-mates ahead of Day 3 action. Can Team India skittle Sri Lanka under 200?
08:47 AM (IST)
Jadeja, in all, batted for five and half hours, faced 228 balls and by the time he walked back to the pavilion, he had hit 17 fours and three sixes.
08:47 AM (IST)
Jadeja, over the years, has been one of the indispensable all-format players for India in Test cricket and more so for his batting abilities that make him a better package than Ashwin in overseas conditions.
08:47 AM (IST)
It was Warne, who first realised Jadeja’s untapped batting potential during Rajasthan Royals’ 2008 Indian Premier League campaign, where it was his late hitting that earned him the ‘Rockstar’ moniker from his mentor-captain.
08:47 AM (IST)
Jadeja’s career-best knock, his second ton in Test cricket, came less than 24 hours after the cricket world tried to come to terms with Warne’s tragic end.
08:46 AM (IST)
Jadeja (1/30) later celebrated his hundred once again by trapping Sri Lanka’s best player and skipper Dimuth Karunaratne (28) leg before. BUmrah also chipped in with a wicket.
08:46 AM (IST)
In the final session, Ashwin (61 off 82 balls, 2/21), having nicely warmed up with his 12th half-century, removed Lahiru Thirimanne and Dhananjaya De Silva to go past Sir Richard Hadlee’s 431 victims.
08:46 AM (IST)
Jadeja or the Indian team management didn’t feel that the all-rounder needed to go for a double hundred as hosts declared their innings after quite literally batting Sri Lanka out of the game.
08:46 AM (IST)
After his batting heroics, Jadeja contributed with the ball too as he, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin reduced Sri Lanka to 108 for four at stumps and made a three-day finish look imminent. Sri Lanka still needs 267 runs to avoid follow-on.
08:46 AM (IST)
Ravindra Jadeja paid a fitting tribute to one of his earliest mentors Shane Warne with a majestic 175 not out as India took complete command of the opening Test against Sri Lanka with a mammoth first innings total of 574/8 declared on the second day.
08:46 AM (IST)
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