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Indian Bowlers Leave Sri Lanka Reeling As Visitors 6 Down And Trail By 166 On Day 1 Of 2nd Test

Sri Lanka were 86 for 6 in reply to India's first innings total of 252 at stumps on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru on Saturday. Angelo Mathews top-scored for Sri Lanka with a 85-ball 43 while all other visiting batters struggled to get going. Niroshan Dickwella and Lasith Embuldeniya were batting on 13 and zero respectively at close of play. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami took three and two wickets respectively while Axar Patel got one as Sri Lanka struggled throughout their first innings. Sri Lanka trail by 166 runs.

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Shreyas Iyer's pyrotechnics with the bat drove India to a position of strength after Sri Lanka made early inroads on a spinner-friendly track with the second Test heavily tilting in favour of the hosts on Saturday. The bright afternoon sun in the beginning of the Day/Night contest did not allow the pink ball to swing enough and trouble the batters but the early and sharp turn on offer made life tough for the Indians, who were tottering at 126 for five at one stage. Scorecard | As it happenedRishabh Pant began the counter-attack with his fiery 39-run knock and Iyer carried forward the recovery work with his scintillating 92-run knock that helped India post a decent 252 in their first innings. Iyer's entertaining knock, that came off 98-balls and had 10 fours and four sixes, negated all the good work done by the visiting bowlers in the first session when they had taken four wickets, including that of skipper Rohit Sharma (15) and Virat Kohli (23). Iyer missed out on what would have been a deserving second Test hundred as he was stumped off left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama (3/81) while going for a big shot.

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