• Home
  • Cricket News
  • Ind Vs Sl 1St Test Day 3 Ravindra Jadeja Rattles Sri Lanka As Hosts Enforce Follow On

IND vs SL | 1st Test | Day 3: Ravindra Jadeja rattles Sri Lanka as hosts enforce follow-on

Somya Kapoor

Riding on a brilliant performance from Ravindra Jadeja with the ball, India bundled out Sri Lanka for 174 runs to take a 400-run lead in the first innings of the first Test in Mohali. 

Beginning the proceedings on Day 3 at 108/4, Charith Asalanka and Pathum Nissanka added 53 more runs to the tally before Asalanka was trapped in front of the stumps for 29 by Bumrah, leaving the visitors struggling at 161/5. 

The misery for the Lankan team stretched after Jadeja rattled the lower order. He first removed Niroshan Dickwella who was caught by Shreyas Iyer for two and then followed it with the dismissal of Suranga Lakmal two deliveries later reducing the side to 164/7. 

Pacer Mohammed Shami then got into the act and scalped the wicket of Lasith Embuldeniya, courtesy a terrific short delivery. He was caught by Mayank Agarwal for zero.

Jadeja then didn’t take much time to wrap up the Sri Lankan innings after he removed Vishwa Fernando and Lahiru Kumara quickly to complete a fifer while Nissanka remained unbeaten at 61. India enforced a follow-on.  

Discover more

Top Stories
news

ICC Women's World Cup 2022 | INDW vs PAKW: Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana script India's fightback

India began the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 campaign against Pakistan in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. Batting first, the Indian team had a disappointing start to the proceedings after Shafali Verma was cleaned up for a six-ball zero by Diana Baig before opener Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma came in for the side’s rescue. The two batters stitched a stand of 92 runs for the second wicket with Mandhana notching up a fifty while Deepti scoring 40 in 57 balls. But Deepti’s dismissal at a team score of 96 was followed by a flurry of wickets, leaving India tottering at 114/6. Later, it was Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar who provided the resistance with a partnership of 122 runs for the seventh wicket. While Rana remained unbeaten at 53, Vastrakar scored 67 in just 59 balls, helping India put 244/7 in 50 overs. Nida Dar and Nashra Sandhu scalped two wickets each for Pakistan while Diana, Anam Amin and Fatima Sana had one dismissal apiece. “It wasn't a good start for me, I want to attack the batters and maintain my consistency, but I think I pulled it back, 2 for 45 was pretty good. I want to bowl according to situations, the target is chaseable, the wicket looks flat and the ball is coming nicely onto the bat. The partnership was good, we can learn from them, we have good batters on our side as well. My responsibility is to build partnerships with the other batters,” Dar said after the innings.