Shreyas Iyer bats brilliantly for 67 runs before departing. Shreyas has been in magnificent form in yet another home Test. On Saturday, he hit an incredible 92 in the first innings against Sri Lanka on a slick Bengaluru track, then backed it up with a second half-century in the same Test the next evening. The twin fifties ushered forth a new era.
Iyer, who is playing his maiden Day-Night Test for India, becomes the first Indian cricketer to strike half-centuries in both innings of the Test.
During the closing session of the second day, India declared their second innings at 303 for 9, giving Sri Lanka a massive goal of 447 runs to win the second Test on Sunday. India declared after Axar Patel was out for 9 in their second innings, after they had played 68.5 overs.
Earlier, Sri Lanka were all out for 109 in 35.5 overs in response to India’s first-innings total of 252, with bowler Jasprit Bumrah (5/24) winning his maiden fifer on Indian soil, while Ashwin and Mohammed Shami each got two wickets. Sri Lanka started at 86 for six on Sunday, but their innings lasted only 5.5 overs, with only 23 runs added by Lasith Embuldeniya (1), Suranga Lakmal (5), Niroshan Dickwella (21) and Vishwa Fernando (8). After winning the first game by an innings and 222 runs, India leads the two-match Test series 1-0.
FIFTY!
Back to back half-centuries for @ShreyasIyer15 👏👏
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