India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Report: Jadeja show at Mohali!

India vs Sri Lanka report: India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs in the first Test at Mohali. This marked the 300^th Test for Sri Lanka and the 100^th Test match for Virat Kohli.

Venue: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali

India vs Sri Lanka Squads:

India:

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

Sri Lanka:

Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Vishwa Fernando, Lasith Embuldeniya, Lahiru Kumara

Highlights:

• Virat Kohli scored 45 runs in his 100^th Test. He reached his milestone of 8000 career runs.

• Ravichandran Ashwin (434) over took Kapil Dev (434) in the Test wickets tally.

• Ravindra Jadeja bagged his third consecutive Player of the Match performance at Mohali. He scored 175 runs and picked 9 wickets in the Test. He fell short by just 1 wicket to become the first player to score 150+ runs and bag 10 wickets in a Test match!

India vs Sri Lanka 1^st Test – Match Summary

Toss: India won the toss and elect to bat

India 1^st innings: 574-8 declared in 129.2 overs

Mayank Agarwal 33 (49) – 5 fours

Rohit Sharma 29 (29) – 6 fours

Hanuma Vihari 58 (128) – 5 fours

Virat Kohli 45 (76) – 5 fours

Rishabh Pant 96 (97) – 9 fours & 4 sixes

Ravindra Jadeja 175*(228) – 17 fours & 3 sixes

Ravichandran Ashwin 61 (82) – 8 fours

Suranga Lakmal 25-1-90-2

Sri Lanka 1^st innings: 174 all out in 65 overs

Dimuth Karunaratne 28 (71) – 5 fours

Pathum Nissanka 61*(133) – 11 fours

Angelo Mathews 22 (39) – 1 four & 1 six

Charith Asalanka 29 (64) – 5 fours

Jasprit Bumrah 14-3-36-2

Ravichandran Ashwin 20-8-49-2

Ravindra Jadeja 13-4-41-5

Sri Lanka 2^nd Innings: 178 all out (follow on) in 60 overs

Dimuth Karunaratne 27 (46) – 6 fours

Angelo Mathews 28 (75) – 2 fours & 1 six

Dhananjaya de Silva 30 (58) – 5 fours

Niroshan Dickwella 51*(81) – 9 fours

Ravichandran Ashwin 21-5-47-4

Ravindra Jadeja 16-5-46-4

Result: India won by an innings and 222 runs

Player of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja

Series Result: India lead the Test series 1-0