GALLE – Indian team controlled Galle Test on the very first day of opening Test match of the three-match series as they knocked out ‘Islanders’ in all departments.
Indian team scored 128 runs before first day stump. Visitors lost two wickets including Rohit Sharma’s wicket.
Skipper of Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli and opener Dhawan still on the crease. Kohli so far scored 45 runs and Dhawan manage to score another fifty and remain unbeaten on first day.
Parsad and Mathews took one wicket each.
Indian spinners put Sri Lankan inexperienced batting line in trouble in their first inning.
Sri Lankan team all out for 183 runs in their first inning of Galle Test. Skipper of Mathews scored 64 runs and remain top scorer for his side.
Chandimal also showed some resistance to Indian bowlers and played the inning of 59 runs. Ashwin’s deadly spell destroyed the deference walls of Lankan batsmen.
He took six wickets in the first inning. Â Ishant Sharma and Varun Aaron took 1, 1 wicket respectively.
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