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| Jadeja 100 runs enjoy |
He got his first Test century 6 years after his debut. Even after three years, Rabindra Jadeja was not getting a taste of the second three digits. The left-arm spinning all-rounder pulled the end of the wait in such a way that he surpassed everyone in India in one place. The hosts averaged a huge innings against Sri Lanka in his record-breaking innings.
India declared their first innings at 574 for six on the second day of the first Test in Mohali. This is the first time after 23 Tests that the team has scored 500 runs in the first innings of a match.
Sri Lanka is batting in response to the opponent's mountainous run. They lost 4 wickets and finished the day with 108 runs. The visitors are still trailing by 48 runs.
Jadeja is the biggest contributor behind the huge investment of the hosts. He played an unbeaten innings of 175 runs with 16 fours and 3 sixes. Took place on a record page in India's Test history.
Jadeja is now the highest run-scoring innings at number seven or below in Tests for the country. The previous record was 173 runs by Kapil Dev. Jadeja's innings is now in the tenth place in this list of all the countries.
The wickets at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium did not have much support for the pacers. India started the day on Saturday with 356 runs for 6 wickets. Before the start of the game, the cricketers of the two teams observed silence in honor of the two legends of late Shane Warne and Rodney Marsh.
Jadeja, who came down to play with 45 runs, put on fifty runs in the second over of the day, hitting Suranga Lakmal with four. Rabichandran Ashwin, who started the day with 10 runs, picked up the fifty with 7 balls, which is his twelfth in his career.
The frozen pair of these two touched 137 balls. Lakmal broke the 130-run partnership by catching Ashwin who scored 61 runs in 6 overs.
Jadeja, who missed the tour of South Africa due to injury, matched the batting masterclass. After 2016, he set foot in the desired century with 160 balls.
Although Jayant Yadav returned quickly, he was accompanied by Mohammad Shami. One piece of information about his pairing with Shamir is enough to show how extraordinary Jadeja was; None of the pair's first 53 runs came from Shamir's bat.
This time Jadeja hit a six with two fours to Lasith Ambuldenia after two fours in a row to World Fernando. He then hit Dhananjaya de Silva for 150 off 211 balls with four sixes.
After going to the tea break with 574 runs, India did not bat anymore. Shamir's partnership with Jadeja remained unbroken for 103 runs.
Dimuth Koranaratne hit four off the first ball to Shami in response to India's huge capital. But then he rolled himself up and started batting cautiously. His teammate Lahiru Thirimanne was also cautious in the opening.
Two overs were bowled in 18 overs. The Lankan camp then got off to a good start. After that, Thirimanne became lbw with Ashwin's ball. With the ball in hand, Jadeja returned Karunaratne with the second ball in lbw.
Angelo Mathews failed to resist Pathum Nisanka. Ashwin did not allow Dhananjaya de Silva to stay after he became lbw as Jaspreet Bumrah.
Later, Nisanka and Charith Asalanka did not allow the team to be in danger. Nissanka is playing for 26 runs, Asalanka for one run.
Short Score:
India 1st Innings: Declared 574/6 in 129.2 overs. (Jadeja 165 *, Ashwin 61, Jayant 2, Shami 20 *; Lakmal 25-1-90-2, Fernando 26-1-135-2, Kumara 10.5-1-52-1, Embuldenia 48-3-18 -2, Dhananjaya 16.2-1-69-1, Asalanka 3.1-0-14-0)
Sri Lanka 1st innings: 108/4 in 43 overs (Kornaratne 26, Thirimanne 18, Nisanka 28 *, Mathews 22, Dhananjaya 1, Asalanka 1 *; Shami 6-3-18-0, Bumrah 9-2-20-1, Ashwin 13 -8-21-2, Jayant 5-2-14-0, Jadeja 9-3-30-1)