India's wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant looses his helmet after it was hit by a delivery bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin on the third day of the first test match between India and Sri Lanka in Mohali, India, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Hosts India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs inside three days in the opening Test at Mohali on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
Sri Lanka made 178 in their second innings after getting bundled out for 174 in the first. India, who declared their first innings on 574-8, enforced the follow-on.
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Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who scored an unbeaten 175, picked up four wickets in the second innings for a match haul of nine. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 4/47 and surpassed Kapil Dev to become the second-highest wicket-taker from India.
Match EndedSri Lanka tour of India, 2022 - 1st Test
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574/8 dec (129.2)vs
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174 (65.0) & 178 (60.0)Match Ended ( Day 3 - 1st Test )
India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs
India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs
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Virat Kohli reacts after complting his 8000 runs in Test cricket, on the 1st day of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, at IS Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali, Friday, March 4, 2022. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)
Ashwin gets the final wicket of Kumara. Sri Lanka showed some stern resistance but Kumara finally holes out in the deep. Shami picks up the catch.
India defeated Sri Lanka by an inning & 222 runs to go 1-0 up in the two-match Test series.
A huge win for India in Rohit Sharma's first as Test captain, and Virat Kohli's 100th as a player. Ashwin breaks record and Jadeja becomes the star of the match with an unbeaten 175 and nine wickets in Mohali Test
Niroshan Dickwella brings up a well-fought 19th Test half-century. An innings to remember for Dickwella even though he has never touched the three-figure mark though.Lahiru Kumara ends the over with a boundary. SL are 177/9 after 59 overs.
9th wicket down for the visitors. Vishwa Fernando trapped LBW. Shami with a nip backer which Fernando had no answer for. It was straight and full, kept low, and struck him on the pad. The umpire did not hesitate.
Rohit had two reviews and was fine burning one. Dickwella was on the forward move, gets a thin inside edge before the ball crashes into the pad, that saved him because he was struck right in front of the stumps. Dickwella responds with two boundaries right after that.
Embuldeniya out caught behind, Jadeja closing in on a fifer once again. He prodded at it, got a big edge, and Pant took a spectacular catch to complete the dismissal. India need two more wickets to win this match. SL are 153/8 after 51 overs.
Dickwella fights, hits three boundaries off Shami, Sri Lanka go past 150.
The wheels are coming off for Sri Lanka. Jadeja traps Mathews plumb in front. Suranga Lakmal goes without scoring. Sri Lanka are in a hurry to get it over with. Lakmal bags a pair as he gives Jadeja his 8th wicket in the game.
Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Kapil Dev's record by taking 435 Test wickets. Ashwin becomes India's second-highest wicket-taker in Test matches after Anil Kumble.
Asalanka couldn't help but poke at it and the edge carried to Virat who pouched it after a juggle. SL are 121/5 after 36 overs.
On Day 3 of the of the first India vs Sri Lanka Test at Mohali, Ravindra Jadeja took India to a winning position with his terrific all-round performance with bat and ball. He first hit 175 in the first innings and then took a five-wicket haul to help hosts finish Sri Lanka’s first innings at just 174.
In about 50 years, Ravindra Jadeja becomes the first cricketer to score more than 150 runs in an innings and take a five-wicket innings haul in a Test match. The first player to do so was Vinoo Mankad of India who had scored 184 runs and had picked up 5 wickets against England in 1952. (READ MORE)
Charith Asalanka off the mark with a six, and follows that with another maximum. He then finishes the over with two boundaries. Asalanka took 20 runs in the final over before tea. The wickets have continued to tumble and that has led to the Lankan batters going all guns blazing against India. The final session is going to be intense. SL are 120/4 after 35 overs.
Mathews charges down the track and hits Ashwin over his head for a maximum. However, Ashwin does not leak any more runs in this over as Sri Lanka cross the 100-run mark in their second innings. SL are 100/4 after 34 overs.
India are six wickets away from winning the first Test as Jadeja breaks the partnership, removes Dhananjaya De Silva for 30 runs. He floated it up, the batter drove it on the up, and Shreyas took a good catch in the covers. SL are 94/3 after 33 overs.
Ravindra Jadeja to Dhananjaya de Silva 4 runs. Partnership building between Mathews and De Silva for Sri Lanka. They still trail by 320 runs though. SL are 80/3 after 27 overs.
Bumrah gets a bit of tail in but overpitches, de Silva leans into the drive and creams it straight of mid-off. SL are 73/3 after 24 overs.
WICKET! Shami strikes to remove Karunaratne for 27, India are 7 wickets away from win. Angled in, seaming out, the batter had to play at it, edged it, and Pant took an excellent catch. SL are 46/3 after 16 overs.
Dimuth Karunaratne hits Ravichandran Ashwin for a 4! Karunaratne goes back, and sends it firmly towards the backward point for a boundary. SL are 40/2 after 13 overs.
V Mankad 184 & 5/196 vs ENG in 1952
P Umrigar 172* & 5/107 vs WI in 1962
R Ashwin 103 & 5/156 vs WI in 2011
R Ashwin 113 & 7/83 vs WI in 2016
R Ashwin 106 & 5/43 vs ENG in 2021
R Jadeja 175* & 5/41 vs SL in 2022
Ashwin has his 2nd in this innings as Nissanka departs for 6 after edging it through to Pant. With the wicket, Ashwin has now equalled Kapil Dev's Test wickets record with 434 wickets. SL are 19/2 after 7 overs.
During the Packer series, ‘big boys played at night’, both on and off the field. Shane Warne was a post-Packer generation cricketer who carried forward the legacy of the Imrans, the Bothams and the Vivs. (Read More)
As Virat kohli received a guard of honour in his 100th Test match at the IS Bindra PCA International Stadium, Chandigarh, 39-year-old hearing-impaired fan Simranjeet Singh waved from above the pavilion. (Read More)
What a great session for the Indian team. Jadeja gets a five-for. Sri Lanka are still 390 runs behind. At this point in time, if Sri Lanka manage to take this game to the fifth day, it will be an achievement for them.
Ashwin likes bowling with the new ball as he gets a breakthrough yet again with the new ball. Rohit Sharma takes a blinder as Thirimanne departs. SL 9/1
Shami bowls a length ball outside off and Karunaratne looks to defend it. A thick outside edge reaches the fence. First Boundary for Sri Lanka. SL 5/0
Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne start the proceedings for Sri Lanka.
Jadeja shines both with the bat and the ball. This has been a very dominating performance by the Indian team. Sri Lanka are all out as Kumara looks to defend the ball misses it completely. SL 174/10
Four wickets in a hurry for Sri Lanka as Lasith Embuldeniya departs. A brilliant bouncer from Shami as Embuldeniya fends at it. Agarwal does the rest. SL 173/8
Nissanka hits two back-to-back boundaries against Jadeja. He is in a hurry and trying to score as many runs as possible. He is a lone warrior for Sri Lanka. SL 173/7
Two quick wickets for India. Jadeja is playing with the Sri Lanka batters now. Jadeja bowls a fuller around off, Lakmal looks to hit it over the bowler's head. He doesn't time it well and departs. SL 164/7
What a fantastic field placement by Rohit Sharma. Dickwella sweeps in the air and Shreyas Iyer does the rest. Dickwella returns to the pavilion and Sri Lanka in trouble now. SL 164/6
Rohit Sharma takes a review after Bumrah appeals for LBW against Asalanka. It is out. India get a breakthrough finally. SL 161/5
A very good 50-run partnership between Nissanka and Asalanka. They are trying to bail their team out of the crisis. Both the batters are looking good and are trying to go with the flow. SL 157/4
A couple of risky shots for Nissanka, but he looks really good.
It was a full delivery from Bumrah and Nissanka touches the ball by opening the full face of the willow and guides away to the boundary rope. SL 144/4
The fielder was a little bit to the right for the turning ball and he plays it left to the fielder. A couple of boundaries for him. Ashwin looks to bowl a bit fast here and Nissanka does the rest by putting it over the fence.
R Ashwin plans to trap Pathum Nissanka who's at 27. The batter hit the ball and Shreyas ran from deep midwicket to take the catch but could not grab the ball. SL 116/4
Since the England tour of 2018 where he revived his career, Ravindra Jadeja now averages 50.81 with the bat in Test cricket after his marathon unbeaten 175 in Mohali on Saturday. Depending upon what the conditions and match situations demand, he remains as miserly or threatening with the ball as ever. Batsmen remain wary of attempting a second run against Jadeja the field prowler. If only he were a seam-bowling allrounder, he’d have been treated as royalty in the cricketing world long ago.
But finger-spin isn’t considered sexy. Not that perceptions have hindered Jadeja’s remarkable batting progress anyway. India added 346 runs in their first innings against Sri Lanka after losing half their side for 228, and still had two wickets remaining when they declared on 574 on the second afternoon. And although Rishabh Pant was responsible for flattening a tiring attack short on one bowler on Day One, India went on to add 242 after his dismissal in the first over of the second new ball. Jadeja’s effort that lasted for five and a half hours in his first Test since last November was primarily responsible for stretching the Indian innings in the region of 600. [Read full article]
Hello and welcome to the Day 3 Live Blog on the IND vs SL 1st Test at Mohali. 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.