Sports Desk, AnyTV, Mohali
Published by: Shaktiraj Singh
Updated Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:14 PM IST
Summary
Rohit Sharma is the second captain after Pali Umrigar to win his first match by an innings. Before him, Umrigar had achieved this feat in 1955. Under Rohit’s captaincy, India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs.
Rohit Sharma
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India won the first Test against Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs. With this victory, many Indian players have achieved a special achievement. Virat Kohli completed his 100 Tests in this match. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja played the biggest innings of his international career. Along with this, captain Rohit Sharma has also achieved a special achievement. This was Rohit’s first Test match as a captain and he has led his team to big wins.
Rohit is only the second captain after Pali Umrigar to win his first Test by an innings margin. In 1955, under the captaincy of Umrigar, the Indian team won by an innings margin. In this match, Umrigar was commanding Team India.
Ashwin and Jadeja got their first Test
Virat and Rohit may have achieved special achievements in the first Test, but both these players could not do much with the bat. When Virat played an innings of 45 runs, Rohit got out after scoring 29 runs. India’s two spin all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin performed wonderfully in this match. Together these two players scored 236 runs and took 15 wickets. At the same time, the entire team of Sri Lanka together could take only eight wickets in this match. With the bat also the Sri Lankan players were able to score a total of 352 runs.
Jadeja and Ashwin break Kapil Dev’s record
In this match, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin broke two big records of Kapil Dev. First, Jadeja scored an unbeaten 175 at number seven and became the batsman to play the biggest innings for India at this number. Before him, Kapil Dev had scored 163 runs against Sri Lanka in Kanpur. After this, Ashwin left Kapil Dev behind in the matter of taking the most wickets. Ashwin has taken 436 wickets in Tests, while Kapil Dev has 434 wickets to his name.