Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka at Nagpur. I am Suvajit Mustafi, and will take you through the second day’s proceedings. It was a ‘green deceit’ on Day One. For all the talks of the grass in the surface, it turned out to be a relatively easier wicket to bat on. India went with three pacers at Eden Gardens but here they picked only two: local boy Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma.
Ishant’s selection did raise eyebrows, but he responded with disciplined effort, eventually claiming three wickets. However, the day belonged to the Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja who had been wicket-less in the series till Friday. Ashwin claimed four, while Jadeja bagged three to skittle out Sri Lanka for 205.
Sri Lanka started off slow and scored under two in the first session. The only serious resistance was provided by the partnership of Dimuth Karunaratne (51) and skipper Dinesh Chandimal (57): they added 62 for the fourth wicket.
India triumphed the day comfortably, but Sri Lanka did have something to cheer about. Lahiru Gamage got the key wicket of KL Rahul towards the end of the day as the team took stumps with India at 11 for 1. Can Sri Lanka ruin India’s run-fest on Day Two?
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