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Pink Ball Test: Karunaratne's century goes in vain as India beat Sri Lanka by 238 runs to win series 2-0
Karunaratne put up a defiant show against a relentless India bowling attack as Sri Lanka began day three on a positive note. The visitors showed some fight in the start of day's play as Karunaratne used his feet straightaway to take two boundaries off Ravindra Jadeja through the off-side. Runs began to flow for the visitors' as Kusal Mendis glanced and lofted Ravichandran Ashwin for boundaries.
Pink Ball Test: Karunaratne reaches fifty but India strike back with three wickets
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne reached his half-century but India struck back with three wickets on day three of second Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday. At tea break, Sri Lanka are 151/4 in 39 overs and trail by 296 runs, with Karunaratne unbeaten at 67.
Pink ball Test, Day 2: Sri Lanka 28/1 at stumps, need 419 runs to beat India
Sri Lanka were 28/1 at stumps on Day 2 and needed 419 runs to beat India in the second and final Test (pink ball game) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Sunday. Resuming their second innings from 199/5 after the dinner break, India added 104 more runs in the third session before declaring on 303-9 in the second innings and setting a target of 447 runs for Sri Lanka to win.
Pink-ball Test: Pant smashes fastest Test fifty by an India batter, breaks Kapil Dev's 40-year-old record
Kapil had scored a 30-ball 50 in the 1982 Test match against Pakistan in Karachi and is followed by Shardul Thakur, who had scored a 31-ball half-century in the Oval Test against England in 2021, and former India cricketer Virender Sehwag, who had scored a 32-ball 50 against England in Chennai. Former Pakistan cricketer Misbah-ul-Haq (21 balls) has the record of smashing the fastest fifty in Test cricket history.
Pink ball Test, Day 2: India declare second innings at 303/9
India rode on a brilliant half-century -- off 28 balls, the fastest-ever in Tests by an Indian batter, by Rishabh Pant, and a vital 67 off 87 balls by Shreyas Iyer to reach 303 for 9 before skipper Rohit Sharma declared the innings. Brief scores: India 252 and 303-9 decl in 68.5 overs (Rishabh Pant 50, Shreyas Iyer 67; Rohit Sharma 46; Praveen Jayawickrama 4/78, Lasith Embuldeniya 3/87) vs Sri Lanka 109 lead by 446 runs.
Pink Ball Test: India wins toss, opt to bat against Sri Lanka
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against Sri Lanka in the second and final Test (Pink Ball game) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Saturday. Speaking at the toss, Rohit informed that India have brought in Axar Patel in place of Jayant Yadav for this day/night match.
India have a great chance to earn valuable WTC points in Pink Ball Test
India, who are currently fifth on the WTC 2021/23 table with five wins, three losses, two draws and a no result in 11 Test outings in the current cycle are fifth on the basis of percentage points earned so far going into the second Test, a day-nighter. The Rohit Sharma-led Test side has 54.16 percentage points and are not far behind South Africa, who have 60 percentage points.
Pink-ball Test: India eye clean sweep against Sri Lanka, improvement in WTC table (preview)
After winning the first match convincingly, India will look for a 2-0 sweep against Sri Lanka, when the two sides meet in the second and final Test, which will be played under the lights, here from Saturday. A dominating win by an innings and 222 runs in the first Test in Mohali consolidated India's fifth position in the World Test Championship standings but they will be looking to move further up with a win in Bengaluru.
Ind vs SL: Mental adjustments needed for Pink Ball Tests, but there are no set parameters, says Bumrah
Indian vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah on Friday said the cricketers need to make a few "mental adjustments" going into a Pink Ball Test but there are no set parameters as they have played all three day-night games in different conditions in the past.
1st Test: India pick three wickets as Sri Lanka reach 120/4 by tea
India picked three more wickets in the second session to brighten their chance of taking a 1-0 lead in the series on day three of the first Test at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium. At tea, Sri Lanka are 120/4 in 35 overs and are still behind by 280 runs after being made to follow-on.
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