Ind v SL highlights today
Second test day one from Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur (India) Friday 24th November 2017. In their first test, India batted first and scored 172 runs in their first innings which was not a good performance. Sri Lanka scored 294 in their first innings but after that India smashed all Sri Lankan bowlers in their second innings and scored 352 with 8 down their captain declared their innings. Sri Lanka scored 75 with 7 down in 26.3 overs and drawn the match. India was so close to the victory but the bad light does its job all five days, so hopefully this time it may not happen again or rain will not spoil the game.
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Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
India team/playing XI
KL Rahul, M Vijay, CA Pujara, V Kohli (c), AM Rahane, RG Sharma, R Ashwin, WP Saha †, RA Jadeja, UT Yadav, I Sharma.
Sri Lanka team/playing XI
S Samarawickrama, FDM Karunaratne, HDRL Thirimanne, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal (c), N Dickwella †, MD Shanaka, MDK Perera, HMRKB Herath, RAS Lakmal, PLS Gamage.
Sri Lanka tour of India 2nd Test Highlights
Another green-top awaits India and Sri Lanka, but an even covering of grass does not guarantee the same help fast bowlers found in Kolkata. Not many pitches in the world would, not even in South Africa. The weather in Nagpur is expected to be sunny and dry, and conditions, as a result, could traverse the full arc: early assistance for the quicks, flat batting conditions on days two and three, and then, perhaps, some turn and uneven bounce. “The wicket is quite hard as it usually is at Nagpur with a nice grass covering on it,” Virat Kohli said. “So, the fast bowlers should be in play for the first couple of days, for sure, because of the bounce and the nice carry off it as well. From there on, the spinners will come into play. It is a pretty good wicket for overall Test cricket, I feel.”
With conditions not skewed as heavily in favour of fast bowling as they were in Kolkata, Sri Lanka will have to decide if they need an extra batsman. That could mean Dasun Shanaka might have to make way for Dhananjaya de Silva. Lahiru Gamage was unimpressive in Kolkata and should vacate his place for left-arm quick Vishwa Fernando. Vijay will take the slot vacated by Dhawan but India have different options when it comes to replacing Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who will get married during the Test. Ishant Sharma could be his like-for-like replacement or Rohit Sharma could slot in as the extra batsman or rookie Vijay Shankar could play as a seaming allrounder if India want to test a seaming allrounder for South Africa. The spinners should both play because unlike Kolkata, there will be work to do for them, especially in the second innings.
Umpires – Richard Kettleborough, Joel Wilson
TV Umpires – Nigel Llong
Match Referee – David Boon
Reserve Umpire – Chettithody Shamshuddin
Match number – Test no. 2283
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