🏏India vs Sri Lanka – D/N 2nd Test Match 🏏 - Page 8

SL 2nd Innings

19/1 (5.1)

Run Rate: (Current: 3.68)SL need 428 runs to win

SL 2nd Innings

28/1 (7.0)

Sri Lanka need 419 runs to win while India require 9 wickets to win this Test as well as the series.

Right then friends! Here is the equation going into Day 3 of this Test - Sri Lanka need 419 runs to win while India require 9 wickets to win this Test as well as the series.

Let us meet tomorrow.🤗

So we'll go into a third day after all, and Iyer-Pant have played key roles in making that happen. The pair dominated like few other batters have in this Test. Pant made India's fastest Test fifty, while Iyer carried on from the magnificent 92 in his first innings to once again top score. And before those two made a splash, Bumrah picked up his first five-for in a home Test. Later at night, he returned to nip out one Sri Lankan wicket too.

Hanuma Vihari says: "It was quite challenging. A kind of wicket where any ball could get you out. It will be challenging for Sri Lanka tomorrow as well. I was trusting my defence even on this wicket. Got a good one in the first innings, could've shown more patience in the second innings. Don't think we planned on bowling this evening, but because we lost wickets, we thought we could have a crack at them for 35-40 minutes."

As Sidharth Monga writes: "It was so one-sided they started discussing a third-innings final declaration in the fifth session of the match."

Originally posted by: Viswasruti

Hi, birthday baby ...I hope you enjoyed your special day with family and friends. 🤗

We have to wait for 2/3 days to know the result. 😊

Thank you Madz🤗 I saw your beautiful wish in my thread. It made me smile early in the morning.😃

Kya match hain…. But ek baat hain .. top order thoodee phoos hain.. at least rohit had a good 46 in second innings…..

Iyer cemented his place in Indian team further is great. Have been enjoying his batting :)

SL 2nd Innings Overs 13.3

Score59 - 1

India are nine wickets away from a thumping series win against the struggling Sri Lankans.

On Day 2, Pant's record-breaking half-century and Iyer’s measured fifty helped India to grab complete control of the second Test. Pant’s 31-ball 50 and Iyer’s 67-run knock after useful contribution from top-order batters meant that India set Sri Lanka a mammoth 447-run target after declaring their second innings at 303 for nine. The visitors would need no less than a miraculous show to save the match after ending the second day at 28 for one. India are nine wickets away from another comprehensive series win.

India 1st innings: 252 in 59.1 overs.

Sri Lanka 1st innings: 109 all out in 35.5 overs (Angelo Mathews 43; Jasprit Bumrah 5/24).

India 2nd innings: 303 for 9 declared in 68.5 overs (Shreyas Iyer 67, Rishabh Pant 50, Rohit 46; Praveen Jayawickrama 4/78).

Sri Lanka 2nd innings: 51/1 (Dimuth Karunaratne 10, Kusal Mendis 16, Jasprit Bumrah 1/9)