India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Bengaluru TestIND vs SL Live Match Score: India wrapped up Sri Lanka’s first innings in just 27 minutes on Day 2 of the second Test in Bengaluru. Jasprit Bumrah bagged his maiden five-wicket haul at home. Sri Lanka were bowled out for a paltry 109 runs. India took a hefty first innings lead of 143 runs, which might prove to be more than enough on this track.
Angelo Matthews (43) was the leading run-getter for the visiting side. Apart from Bumrah (5/24), Shammi (2/18) and Ashwin (2/30) shared two wickets each.
India Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma (c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama
FOUR!! Lovely shot by Rohit. Tad short from Embuldeniya, and Rohit immediately rocks back to cut this away past point for four. India's lead is 161. IND: (19/0 in 6 overs) vs SL
FOUR!! Good length, outside off stump, shapes away slightly, Mayank tries to push at this but the movement gets the outside edge and the ball flies between the slips and gully for four. IND: (10/0 in 5 overs) vs SL
Tad fuller from Embuldeniya, and Mayank thumped it through the extra-cover region to get off the mark. First boundary of the Indian innings. IND: (5/0 in 4 overs) vs SL
Indian openers Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma has started cautiously. Suranga Lakmal, playing his last match for Sri Lanka started the proceedings for the visitors. Left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya is bowling from the other end. IND: (1/0 in 2 overs) vs SL
Good length, outside off stump, Carrom ball again and this time beats Fernando, who tries to defend off the front foot, Pant takes off the bails in a flash and replays show that Fernando's back leg was in the air. Sri Lanka are dismissed for 109 and In
dia lead by 143 runs!
Bumrah goes with the short ball again, Dickwella tries to evade this but is cramped for space, brushes his gloves on his way to the keeper and Bumrah has his first five-wicket haul in India. SL are 100 for 9 after 35 overs
Full length, leg stump, carrom ball from Ashwin, Lakmal doesn't read the variation and tries to flick this on the legside, gets beaten by the turn and the ball rocks onto the stumps. Ashwin gets his first wicket of the innings. SL are 100 for 8 after 34 overs
Short length, outside off stump, Embuldeniya tries to take on the bumper, gets a top edge that skies in the air, Pant calls for the catch and settles under this to complete a safe catch. SL are 96 for 7 after 33 overs
And we're underway at the Chinnaswamy Stadium for Day 2. Back-to-back boundaries from Niroshan Dickwella to start off the second day in Bengaluru. SL are 94/6 after 31 overs.
Perhaps it’s best to start with a cricketing story. The man has been shamed (interred in Tihar Jail post IPL spot-fixing charges), mocked (forget the fans even his team-mates would call him “actor”), praised (for his whistling seam), sympathised (depression post-jail that triggered suicidal thoughts), marvelled (the comeback as an actor), wowed at (a most remarkable cricketing comeback after 8 years), and sighed at (the unrealised potential).
For a man who has no false modesty about his talent, and can expound theories on how he can dismiss Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Steve Smith, Rahul Dravid (in Chennai club cricket) he can charm you with his self-deprecatory tone as well. And he is one of the better storytellers among cricketers. Here is him talking about bowling to Brian Lara.
The first day of the pink-ball Test delivered what it promised. Frantic action and frenetic entertainment. On a manic Saturday, as many as 16 wickets fell, runs were blazed at a rate of four an over, sixes and fours flew, the twilight sky lit up beatifically to be the background of numerous picture-perfect selfies and groupies, tinseltown celebrities flocked in.
Pink ball Tests are quite a spectacle—like the slowest and oldest format paint-brushed in the colours of the youngest and supposedly the most colourful format. A repackaging to woo the new-age audience to the age-old format. Days like these would save Test cricket from its imminent death. There is crowd, there is action, there is fun, there is life.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka. It is Day 2 of the match in Bengaluru. Stay tuned for live score and updates of the match right here.