Nagpur Test: India on top at the end of day one
November 24, 2017 | SportsGuff Team 620 Reads
Despite losing KL Rahul towards the end of the day's play, India are on top at the end of day one of Nagpur Test. India are 11-1 and trailing Srilanka by 194 runs as Srilanka was restricted dfor 205 in their first innings.
Indian spinning duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared 7 wickets among them while Ishant Sharma bagged 3 wickets to restrict Srilankan batting lineup. Ashwin finished with the figures of 4-67 while Ishant gave away 37 runs for 3 wickets and Jadeja gave 56 runs for 3 wickets. Skipper Dinesh Chandimal was the top scorer for Srilanka with 57 runs while opener Karunaratne scored 51 runs.
The first test match at Kolkata was a thriller which ended in a draw.
Match Summary at the end of Day 1:
India11 for 1
trail
Sri Lanka205 (Chandimal 57, Karunaratne 51, Ashwin 4-67, Ishant 3-37, Jadeja 3-56)
by 194 runs
