Ravindra Jadeja with his all-round heroics had all the attention as India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs at Mohali to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series. After choosing to bat first, India posted a mammoth total of 574/8, courtesy of some outstanding performances, chiefly by Jadeja (175*) and Rishabh Pant (96).
India’s spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Jadeja gave a hard time to the Lankan batters and bowled them out for 174 in the first innings. Sri Lanka, who lost 16 wickets on Day 3, were dismissed for 178 in their second innings after following-on.They were one run short of Jadeja’s individual score in their first innings, and just three ahead of it in the second, highlighting their predicament. Let’s look at the hits and flops from the first Ind vs SL Test.
#4 Ind vs SL 1st Test: Flop – Lahiru Thirimanne (Sri Lanka)
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Lahiru Thirimanne in the second innings, on Day 3, he failed to trouble the scorers and got out on a duck. While the 32-year old got dismissed with a slider in the first innings, it was a classic off-break in the second.A flighted ball on the off-stump, kissed the outside half of Thirimanne’s bat and went low to Rohit Sharma at first slip.
#3 Ind vs SL 1st Test: Hit – Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
Ravi Ashwin continued his dominance in home conditions. The 35-year old excelled with both bat and ball. With the willow in hand, Ashwin registered his 12th half-century in Test cricket, scoring 61 off 82. He stitched a 130-run partnership with Jadeja and helped India stack up 574 runs in the first innings.
#2 Ind vs SL 1st Test: Flop – Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Vishwa Fernando leaked 135 runs in 26 overs at an economy rate of 5.2 – the most by any bowler. Even though he scalped two wickets – of Hanuma Vihari and Jayant Yadav – the Indian batters tackled the left-armer very comfortably. Fernando bowled either too short or too full with the new ball which saw him give away three boundaries in his very second over.
#1 Ind vs SL 1st Test: Hit – Ravindra Jadeja (India)
Jadeja scored his second Test ton before reaching his maiden 150+ score. In his innings of 175* off 228, Jadeja clobbered 17 fours and 3 sixes.
