🏏India vs Sri Lanka – D/N 2nd Test Match 🏏

India vs Sri Lanka – 2nd Test Match

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IND vs SL Live Score, 2nd Test, Day 1

The second Test between India and Sri Lanka will be a Day-Night test match, a pink ball game starting today, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore from today--12-16 March, could witness a full house after the Karnataka State Cricket Association on Thursday allowed 100 percent crowd attendance for the match owing to sharp decline in COVID-19 cases and high demand for tickets.

India have so far played two Day-Night Test matches at home, winning both -- vs Bangladesh in Kolkata in November 2019, vs England in Ahmedabad in February 2021.

Axar Patel, who replaced Kuldeep Yadav in India's squad for the second Test, is also six wickets away from completing 100 scalps in international cricket (36 Tests, 45 ODIs and 13 T20Is).

Axar could replace Jayant Yadav in the Indian team, having impressed massively in his previous Test appearances.

The Rohit Sharma-led side will look to seal the two-match series, having won the first Test by an innings and 222 runs in Mohali last week.

India vs Sri Lanka: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja could achieve a massive personal milestone when India face Sri Lanka in the second Test (D/N), today.

Jadeja, who will be playing his 59th Test for India, is just nine wickets away from completing 250 wickets in the longest format of the game. If Jadeja manages to take nine or more wickets against Sri Lanka in the day-night Test, he will become the 3rd quickest Indian to reach this landmark, after Ravichandran Ashwin and Anil Kumble.

Jadeja starred with an all-round performance last week as India defeated Sri Lanka to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

After smashing an unbeaten 175 in the first innings, Jadeja returned with bowling figures' of 5/41 and 4/46, respectively.

As a result, Jadeja occupied the top spot in the ICC Test all-rounder rankings, ahead of West Indies' Jason Holder.

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Virat Kohli crossed, 8000 runs in Test cricket in the 1st Test against Sri Lanka in Mohali

The 1st Test match between India and Sri Lanka that took place in Mohali was Virat Kohli’s 100th in the longest format of the game. The right-handed batting icon scored 45 in the match. During the course of his innings in Mohali, Virat Kohli also went past the 8000-run mark in Test match cricket.

Kohli is now the 6th highest run-scorer for India in Test cricket and has amassed, 8007 runs in the whites for the Indian cricket team. The Indian side proved to be way superior to the Sri Lankan side in the opening Test match between the two sides.

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India won the toss and decided to bat

Good luck India 🥳

Head to Head Stats:

Matches Played (Test): 17
Won by India: 10
Won by Sri Lanka: 3
Draw: 4

Pitch Report: India vs Sri Lanka: 2nd Test Preview

Pitch Report: Pacers find the pitch of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium quite helpful in the first 3 days as the pitch has a fair amount of grass. But as time passes gradually, the cracks open up on the pitch, and it benefits the spinners. According to past matches and their results, the batters tend to score a lot during the first 3 days. The match starting tomorrow is a pink ball test, hence the team batting will have an additional advantage.

Originally posted by: Bee222

India won the toss and decided to bat

Good luck India 🥳

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Playing XI --India:

Rohit Sharma (C)
Mayank Agarwal
Hanuma Vihari
Virat Kohli
Rishabh Pant (wk)
Shreyas Iyer
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravichandran Ashwin
Mohammed Shami
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka:

Dimuth Karunaratne (C)
Lahiru Thirimanne
Pathum Nissanka
Charith Asalanka
Angelo Mathews
Niroshan Dickwella
Dhananjaya de Silva
Dinesh Chandimal (wk)
Praveen Jayawickrama
Lasith Embuldeniya
Suranga Lakmal

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The men in blue thumped upon the Sri Lankan team in the last test match played in Mohali. Virat Kohli’s 100th test match, Jadeja’s 175* runs knock, Jadeja’s 9 wickets, Rishabh Pant’s 96 runs, the last match was indeed a memorable one for the team. Also, after this huge victory, India jumped to the No. 1 spot in the ICC World Test Championship points table.

Sri Lanka slipped from the 1st position to the 6th position in the ICC World Test Championship table. The team needs to gear up for today’s match and show some convincing performances. If they fail to draw or win the upcoming test match, then India will yet again whitewash them following the 3-match T20I series.

Some interesting numbers from Pink-Ball Tests history

Australia, India, and Sri Lanka are the only three teams to have multiple wins in D/N Tests.

Australia has 10 wins in 10 Tests, all at home.

India has 2 wins in 3 Tests, (both came in India)

Sri Lanka has 2 wins in 3 Tests (1 in WI and 1 in U.A.E)

Sri Lanka is the only team to win D/N Test in away conditions, Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets vs West Indies at Bridgetown in 2018. (venues in U.A.E are considered neutral venues).

IND vs SL: Venue Insights of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru

Highest Team Total:

626/10 By India Against Pakistan In 2007.

Lowest Team Total:

103/10 By Afghanistan Against India In 2018.

Highest Individual Score:

267 By Younis Khan (Pakistan) Against India In 2005.

Best Bowling Figures:

8/50 By Nathan Lyon (Australia) Against India In 2017.

Highest Partnership:

324 By Inzamam-Ul-Haq And Younis Khan (Pakistan) For 3rd

Wicket Against India In 2005.

Win Rate Batting First:

40% (4 Won; 2 Lost; 4 Draw)