Dominant India flip the screw on Sri Lanka in pink ball take a look at

BENGALURU, India: Sri Lanka ended day two on 28-1 of their second innings after India set them a mammoth goal of 447 for victory within the second and remaining take a look at on Sunday (Mar 13).

Jasprit Bumrah struck within the first over to lure opener Lahiru Thirimanne lbw for a duck however skipper Dimuth Karunaratne (10) and Kusal Mendis (16) noticed out the ultimate few overs of the day, with the vacationers nonetheless 419 runs behind.

Having bowled out Sri Lanka for 109 within the first session, India batted 69 overs earlier than declaring on 303-9 with Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant notching up half-centuries whereas different Indian batsmen did not go on from stable begins.

Skipper Rohit Sharma, taking part in his four-hundredth worldwide match, holed out within the deep to fall 4 runs wanting his fifty whereas Hanuma Vihari (35) was bowled by spinner Praveen Jayawickrama as he tried to comb.

Jayawickrama struck once more to shock Virat Kohli (13) with a supply that turned sharply and saved low, trapping him lbw in similar vogue to his dismissal within the first innings.

Kohli gave a wry smile as silence descended on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium with a near-capacity crowd hoping to see the previous captain and star of the IPL franchise finish his century drought.

But Pant took the sport away from the Lankans by going after the bowling as quickly as he walked to the crease, citing his fifty with seven fours and two sixes.

Made from 28 balls, his half century was the quickest by an Indian batsman, breaking the document set by Kapil Dev 40 years in the past, earlier than he skied a supply from Jayawickrama who took the catch himself.

Iyer helped information India to a lead past 400 together with his second half-century of the match so as to add to his tremendous knock of 92 on a turning observe within the first innings.

With 9 boundaries, Iyer regarded comfy on the crease earlier than he was outfoxed by a Lasith Embuldeniya supply that rapped him on the pads and despatched him again to the pavilion for 67.

“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,” Vihari mentioned.

“I 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.”

Fast bowler Suranga Lakmal, taking part in in his remaining match earlier than retirement, went wicketless within the second innings however he led the vacationers off the sector, with India coach Rahul Dravid additionally shaking his hand.

Earlier, Sri Lanka had resumed day two on 86-6 however their resistance lasted solely 27 minutes as Bumrah (5-24) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2-30) cleaned up the tail.

Bumrah claimed his eighth five-wicket haul and his first on house soil on a pitch closely favouring spinners.