🏏 IND vs SL 1st Test : IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali🏏 - Page 2

Thanks for the tag Madhu di

Thanks for the tag Madhuri.

Today is gala day for cricket fans across the globe.

Today Australia and Pakistan are also playing their first test after 23 years.

India and SriLanka match starts at 9:30 AM IST

Australia and Pakistan match starts at 10:30 AM IST

Cheers..

Congratulations to Virat Kohli for his 100th test match.🥳

Cheers..

IND vs SL Head to Head

• Matches Played: 44
• India Won: 20
• Sri Lanka Won: 7
• Draw: 17
• Matches played in India: 20 (IND Won – 11, SL Won – 0)

Note: Sri Lanka are yet to win a Test match in India. Overall, in the last 9 games (the last three India vs Sri Lanka series) the teams played against each other, Sri Lanka only managed to win one match, whereas India won six. Two games ended in draws. And, Sri Lanka last won a Test series against India in 2008.

In their last 5 games, Sri Lanka has won 3 games and lost 0. In their last 5 games, India has won 2 games and lost 2.

Both teams last played against each other in the 3rd Test of Sri Lanka in India, 3 Test Series, 2017 where Virat Kohli scored the highest fantasy points for India with 337 match fantasy points while Dinesh Chandimal topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Sri Lanka with 237 match fantasy points.

The pitch at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 5 matches is 240 runs. The team winning the toss should look to bowl first as the majority of the games played on this ground have been won by the chasing side.

The venue is suited for both Pacers and Spinners alike.

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma has scored 115, 102, 76 & 113 runs respectively in his last 4 Tests against Sri Lanka. Talking about his overall form, he has scored an average of <> fantasy points in his last 10 Tests which is a great number.

Dimuth Karunaratne

Dimuth Karunaratne was in sensational form in Tests last year as he scored 902 runs in just 7 Tests (average of 69) which included 1 double century, 3 centuries, and 3 fifties, and will look to carry the same momentum in this series.

Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer made his Test debut last year against NZ and scored 202 runs in 2 Tests which included a century. Moreover, he was the man of the series in the recent T20I series and will look to carry the same form in the red-ball format as well.

Bowlers

Lasith Embuldeniya

Lasith Embuldeniya has played 13 career Tests and has taken 62 wickets which is a very good record. He might be a bowler, but in his last 5 Tests, he has scored 122 runs, which are more than handy and thus can give extra fantasy points.

Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami is one of those fast bowlers who have a great home record than away. In his last 5 home Tests, he has taken 2, 7, 5, 3 & 5 wickets respectively.

All-Rounders

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin has a good bowling record against Sri Lanka in Tests as in 9 matches he has taken 50 wickets. Moreover, he is in great form with both bat and ball as in his last 5 Tests he has taken 15 wickets and scored 159 runs.

Dhananjaya de Silva

Dhananjaya de Silva's runs scored/wickets taken in his last 5 Tests read 157/0, 62/1, 43/1, 166/1 & 39/1 and thus he has given fantasy points with both bat and ball.

Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja has a staggering record at this venue (Mohali) as in his 3 Tests here he has scored 152 runs and taken 18 wickets, that is an average of 6 wickets and 50 runs per game which is a great yield of Fantasy points.

Thank you so much for the tag... excited for today's match.. but I am in US.. so will watch the first session.. I wish I can stay awake for longer... but will definitely wake up early...

Virat Kohli's 100th test match

Rohit Sharma's 1st test match as captain

Sri Lanka's 300th test match.

just a few milestones...

Looking forward to a great game...

India won toss and elected to bat.