India vs Sri Lanka – Day-Night Test – Hosts whitewash Sri Lanka

India vs Sri Lanka – Bengaluru Test Report: India clinch the Test series 2-0 against Sri Lanka with a 238-run win in Bengaluru. This takes India to No.4 in ICC World Test championship table. Sri Lanka is pushed down to No.5. India won all matches from November to March at home across all formats under the full-time captain Rohit Sharma.

Suranga Lakmal playing in his last Test match of his career picked just 1 wicket. He returned bowling figures of 8-3-12-1 & 10-2-34-0 in the 1^st and 2^nd innings respectively.

Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Squads:

India:

Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma (c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

Sri Lanka:

Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama

Highlights:

Shreyas Iyer was declared the Player of the Match for his 92 & 67 in tricky conditions. Jasprit Bumrah was exceptional on a track favouring spinners – He recorded bowling figures of 5-24 & 3-23 in just 19 overs. Rishabh Pant recorded the fastest Test half century for India and it is also the fastest ever half century in Test cricket by a designated wicket keeper.

India vs Sri Lanka – 2^nd Test –Match Summary

India 1^st innings: 252 all out in 59.1 overs

Hanuma Vihari 31 (81) – 4 fours

Rishabh Pant 39 (26) – 7 fours

Shreyas Iyer 92 (98) – 10 fours & 4 sixes

Lasith Embuldeniya 24-2-94-3

Praveen Jayawickrama 17.1-3-81-3

Sri Lanka 1^st innings 109 all out in 35.5 overs

Angelo Mathews 43 (85) – 3 fours & 2 sixes

Niroshan Dickwella 21 (38) – 3 fours

Jasprit Bumrah 10-4-24-5

Ravichandran Ashwin 8.5-1-30-2

Mohammed Shami 6-1-18-2

India 2^nd  innings: 303-9 declared in 68.5 overs

Rohit Sharma 46 (79)- 4 fours

Hanuma Vihari 35 (79) – 4 fours

Rishabh Pant 50 (31) – 7 forus & 2 sixes – the fastest half century by a wicket keeper in Test history in 28 balls.

Shreyas Iyer 67 (87) – 9 fours

Lasith Embuldeniya 20.5-1-87-3

Praveen Jayawickrama 19-2-78-4

Sri Lanka 2^nd innings: 208 all out in 59.3 overs

Dimuth Karunaratne 107 (174) – 15 fours

Kusal Mendis 54 (60) – 8 fours

Jasprit Bumrah 9-4-23-3

Ravichandran Ashwin 19.3-3-55-4

Axar Patel 11-1-37-2

Result: India win by 238 runs

Player of the Match: Shreyas Iyer

Player of the Series: Rishabh Pant

• Series Result: India win the series 2-0