: Bengaluru Test: Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah put India on top on day one #IndiaNEWS Shreyas Iyer’s attacking 92 and a solid effort by the bowlers put India in command of the pink ball Test against

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Bengaluru Test: Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah put India on top on day one #IndiaNEWS
Shreyas Iyer’s attacking 92 and a solid effort by the bowlers put India in command of the pink ball Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday’s opening day.Iyer made India, who lead the two-match series 1-0, claw back to 252 all out from a precarious 86/4 after they elected to bat first in Bengaluru.Sri Lanka finished the day on 86/6, still trailing the hosts by 166 runs.Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella, on 13, and Lasith Embuldeniya, on nought, were batting at stumps after fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah ended a gritty knock by Angelo Mathews.Mathews fell for 43 to become Bumrah’s third wicket after Kusal Mendis and Lahiru Thirimanne.Bumrah and Mohammed Shami combined to reduce Sri Lanka to 28-4 as the pace duo made the pink ball swing and seam in the final session under lights.Shami bowled skipper Dimuth Karunaratne for four and trapped Dhananjaya de Silva for 10 to raise the pitch of the weekend crowd at M Chinnaswamy Stadium which is operating at full capacity as the domestic Covid threat recedes.For India, Iyer put on crucial partnerships including a 40-run fifth-wicket partnership with Rishabh Pant, who hit 39, to thwart the Sri Lankan spin attack.Embuldeniya and fellow left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama took three wickets each while De Silva took two...Read more

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