Journalism of Courage
India dominated the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka after restricting them to mere 205 runs in the first innings in Nagpur on Thursday. Making his Test comeback after eight months, Ishant Sharma looked impressive with the ball, picking up three wickets in the innings which included Dimuth Karunaratne's crucial wicket. Karunaratne looked settled from the starting of the match. (Source: AP)
Sri Lanka's opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne showed patience at the crease and handled the innings with maturity. He scored 51 runs, being the only player apart from captain Dinesh Chandimal to score a half-century. He was dismissed by Ishant Sharma during the second session of the day. (Source: PTI)
After a brilliant show on Sri Lanka tour, Ravichandran Ashwin continued to trouble the Lankan batsmen with his controlled line and length and mixed variations with the ball. Ashwin dismantled the visitors, picking up four wickets in the first innings and making the task easier for the other bowlers. His spell of four for 57 also included Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal's crucial wicket. (Source: AP)
After three wickets down for 60 runs, captain Dinesh Chandimal along with Dimuth Karunaratne added crucial 62 runs for the fourth wicket before Karunaratne was dismissed for 51. Chandimal scored 57 before being dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin. (Source: AP)
Niroshan Dickwella tried to get things back on track for the visitors as he added 38 runs for the fifth wicket with skipper Dinesh Chandimal but couldn't build up his innings further as he was scalped by Ravindra Jadeja for 24. (Source: AP)
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja made an impressive comeback with three big wickets, giving Sri Lanka back to back blows on first day of the second Test. Jadeja dismissed Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella and Dilruwan Perera during his 21-over spell, giving away just 56 runs. (Source: AP)
Suranga Lakmal resisted lower down the order scoring 17 runs, which helped the visitors reach the 200-run mark before being bundled out. (Source: AP)
In reply to Sri Lanka's 205 in the first innings, the hosts couldn't manage to finish the day without losing a wicket as Sri Lankan fast bowler Lahiru Gamage provided an early breakthrough, dismissing KL Rahul cheaply. (Source: AP)
