Sports Desk, AnyTV, Mohali
Published by: swapnil shashank
Updated Fri, 04 Mar 2022 06:20 PM IST
Summary
India’s batsmen did a great job. Due to this, the team could go up to the score of 350 plus on the first day. This is the 14th time that India have scored 350 plus at the end of the first day’s play.
The first match of the two-match Test series between India and Sri Lanka is being played in Mohali. At the end of the first day’s play, India scored 357 runs for the loss of six wickets. Currently Ravindra Jadeja is batting on 45 runs and Ravichandran Ashwin on 10 runs. Hanuma Vihari scored 58 runs for Team India and Virat Kohli, playing his 100th Test, scored 45 runs. Apart from this, Rishabh Pant also scored a quick 96. His strike rate was 98.97. Pant hit nine fours and four sixes in his innings. However, he missed out on a century and suffered a nervous 90 for the fifth time. Talking about the wicket-keeper batsmen of the world, only former India cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been the victim of nervous-90 so many times like Pant. India’s batsmen did a great job. Due to this, the team could go up to the score of 350 plus on the first day. This is the 14th time that India have scored 350 plus at the end of the first day’s play. India has done this six times against Sri Lanka. This means that India loves to play against Sri Lanka.
India’s score on the first day of the last five home Tests against Sri Lanka
Score | place, year |
385/6 | Ahmedabad, 2009 |
417/2 | Kanpur, 2009 |
17/3 | Kolkata, 2017 |
371/4 | Delhi, 2017 |
357/6 | Mohali, 2022 |
In the last five home Tests against Sri Lanka, India scored 350 plus for the fourth time at the end of the first day’s play. Out of this, Team India scored 417 runs in Kanpur in 2009. Due to rain in Kolkata in 2017, only 11.5 overs could be played on the first day. Then India had scored 17 runs for the loss of three wickets.
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has completed his eight thousand runs in Test cricket. He has achieved a special achievement in his 100th Test match. Virat is the sixth Indian player to have achieved this feat. Before him, legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid have achieved this special feat. Virat achieved this special achievement only after scoring 38th run in his 100th match.
Most runs for India in Test cricket
batsman | match | Run | Average | century |
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Sachin Tendulkar | 200 | 15921 | 53.78 | 51 |
Rahul Dravid | 163 | 13265 | 52.63 | 36 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 125 | 10122 | 51.12 | 34 |
VVS Laxman | 134 | 8781 | 45.97 | 17 |
Virender Sehwag | 103 | 8503 | 49.43 | 23 |
Virat Kohli | 100* | 8007 | 50.36 | 27 |
Expansion
The first match of the two-match Test series between India and Sri Lanka is being played in Mohali. At the end of the first day’s play, India scored 357 runs for the loss of six wickets. Currently Ravindra Jadeja is batting on 45 runs and Ravichandran Ashwin on 10 runs. Hanuma Vihari scored 58 runs for Team India and Virat Kohli, playing his 100th Test, scored 45 runs.