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India vs Sri Lanka Live cricket score, 2nd Test, Day 1: R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma strike; Sri Lanka 47/2 at lunch
After a nerve-racking finish to the first Test, India and Sri Lanka are ready to lock horns for the second match of the series at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur, and Zee News Sports will bring you all the live updates, score and other news that makes headlines through the opening day. So stay tuned!
11:35 a.m. LUNCH! Sri Lanka are 47/2 in 27 overs. Ishant and Ashwin took a wicket each for India who have won the first couple of hours of the match, especially that wicket of Thirimanne by Ashwin almost at the stroke of lunch.
11:32 a.m. Drama! Jadeja got Karunaratne out stumped, but video replays showed Jadeja overstepping, and it was declared a ‘no-ball. Karunaratne gets a life batting on 21. SL 47/2 in 26 overs.
11:25 a.m. WICKET ALERT! Just what SL didn’t want. Ashwin has castled Thirimanne (9 off 58) who was choked for runs and played an awful stroke out of frustration. SL 45/2 in 25 overs. This is the first wicket of the series for an Indian spinner.
11:10 a.m. The scoring rate has dropped to a crawl at 1.78 with the Lankans adamant not to to lose another wicket before lunch, which is 20 minutes away. 38/1 in 21 overs.
10:58 a.m. Three bowlers have been used by India in the first hour and a half of play. 18 overs in total, of which Ishant has bowled seven on the trot and Ashwin, replacing Umesh at the other end, is ready to bowl his fourth. SL 33/1, Karunaratne 14*, Thirimanne 4*.
10:40 a.m. A lot of school kids have come in to watch Test cricket, which is always a great initiative to promote the purest format of the game. SL 33/1 in 14 overs.
10:24 a.m. Ishant and Umesh have bowled five overs each now and the first change must be around the corner. Meanwhile, SL scorecard reads31/1 in 10 overs.
10:10 a.m. Thirimanne (0*) has joined Karunaratne (10) . The Indian pacers, Ishant and Umesh, have settled into a nice rhythm, making the SL openers earn every single run. 23/1 in 7 overs
9:59 a.m. Ishant strikes! SL 20/1 in 4.5 overs. Brilliant diving catch by Pujara in the slips to get rid of Samarawickrama (13) as Ishant induced an outside edge off some appreciable seam movement. Umpires checked for legalities of the delivery and the catch, and video replays satisfied all checks.
9:49 a.m. Both the Lankan openers have made themselves comfortable with boundaries and are looking good. SL 13/0 in 3 overs.
9:38 a.m. Samarawickrama gets Sri Lanka going with a boundary in the first over of the match bowled by Ishant Sharma, who last played a Test for India in March this year. SL 5/0
9:18 a.m. The start of a match, whatever the format, is always exciting, but sadly not many takers for this one at an almost empty VCA Stadium in Jamtha.
PLAYING XIs
INDIA: KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma
SRI LANKA: S Samarawickrama, D Karunaratne, L Thirimanne, A Mathews, D Chandimal (c), N Dickwella (wk), D Shanaka, D Perera, R Herath, S Lakmal, L Gamage
