Ind vs SL
D/N test and i have a feeling that this is going to be over under 3 days.
First session and so far Indian batters looked troubled when facing spinners, it would be interesting to see if they trust their defence technique or not.
If pitch start deteriorating during second inning then i'll feel sorry for the SL, they are up against Ashwin-Jaddu-Axar. I wish they put up some fight against this spin trio.
Sri Lankan's spinners need to be discipline with their line n length, there is more than enough support for the bowlers. Wickets will fall automatically if they keep things tight. They are asking right questions to batters but also bowling 1-2 loose delivery every over.
Don't want to jinx it but Vihari looking good.
A bad start by the Indian side, they have lost 7 wickets for just 210 runs on board. The only hope for India is Iyer as he is still on the pitch with Patel. I am not expecting this partnership to last for a long time. Next to bat are Shami and Bumrah.
This is the reason why Jadeja does not get selected so often to the Indian side he got out just for 4 runs. It would be too early to say that this game will be over in 3 days.
I like to believe that India already got enough runs on board.
221 runs already and anything from here is bonus. Pitch is minefield and not easy to bat on. SL's batters need to bat bravely to match this score against the Indian spinners.
India did good by replacing Pujara-Rahane with Vihari-Iyer. Both have good domestic experience against spin. Vihari looked extremely good for his 31 runs and Iyer producing masterclass on spin track, now he should farm the strike as he's batting with no 10-11.
India - 252 allout RR 4.26 lol
Looks good score, excellent batting from Iyer. He missed out ton but he played very crucial knock. Now India should start with the spin right away.