NEW DELHI: Persistent rain compelled the play on the second one day of the primary Test between India and Sri Lanka being known as off with the hosts completing at 74/5 on Friday on the Eden Gardens. The gentle drizzle that compelled an early lunch 10 minutes forward of the scheduled time, intensified because the day improved with the entire park being wrapped underneath covers.
The stipulations on the Eden Gardens persisted to be a fast bowler's dream as Sri Lanka punched two extra holes in the Indian batting order with the necessary scalps of Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin in but every other rain-affected morning session. Before the play was once deserted, Cheteshwar Pujara was once waging a lone combat, batting on 47* along with Wriddhiman Saha (6*). The duo was once steadying the innings which had wobbled after Dasun Shanaka struck two times reducing the hosts to 50/5.
Match in Pics: 1st Test, Day 2
Pujara underlined his importance with a wary and intelligent knock from which the likes of Rahane and Ashwin could've taken some lessons. Both fell while enjoying lose pictures - Rahane prodding at a supply that was once outside off and moved sufficient to kiss the outside edge and nestle in to the palms of the wicketkeeper. Ashwin (4) copped a blow to his thumb, off Lahiru Gamage and responded with an uppish drive an over later that went in to the palms of the backward level fielder for a regulation catch.
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Pujara, calm and serene, was once handing a well timed lesson the way to build an innings on a hard track and hostile stipulations. Suranga Lakmal, the wrecker-in-chief on the curtailed opening day, persisted to bowl a probing spell earlier than Rahane broke his run of 7 instantly maidens with an edgy boundary to get off the mark. On the opposite hand, Pujara played with reference to his body, nearly intuitively warding off the rest that moved away after being pitched in the vicinity of fine duration region.
He scored runs off loose deliveries that had barriers written in all places them - which, because it became out, was once the perfect approach to deal the specter of seaming and bouncy stipulations. Buying time was once the key and Pujara excelled at it as his 47 off 102 deliveries end up.
He was once affected person sufficient to be rewarded with dollies afterward - Dasun Shanaka who picked each the wickets to fall in the morning session - was once punished for erring in line and duration three times with fours thru mid-off and one to fine-leg region. And then Dinesh Chandimal threw the ball to part-timer Dimuth Karunaratne, a move that confounded logic when his preferred pacers had been on music. Pujara made him pay in full, striking away the half-trackers to either side of the wicket. Karunaratne even allowed Saha, who had played 17 deliveries with out scoring, get off the mark with a ravishing four thru level.
In between, there have been no less than two circumstances of a mild drizzle and floodlights being switched directly to counter the fading gentle. However, that didn't have any effect on the play and it appeared there might be a full session of cricket. Alas, the drizzle returned and this time strong sufficient to power the gamers again to the dressing room adding to the disappointment on 2nd day operating during which just 21 overs of play was once imaginable.
Brief Scores: India 74/5 (Cheteshwar Pujara 74/5; Suranga Lakmal three/5, Dasun Shanaka 2/23) vs Sri Lanka
The stipulations on the Eden Gardens persisted to be a fast bowler's dream as Sri Lanka punched two extra holes in the Indian batting order with the necessary scalps of Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin in but every other rain-affected morning session. Before the play was once deserted, Cheteshwar Pujara was once waging a lone combat, batting on 47* along with Wriddhiman Saha (6*). The duo was once steadying the innings which had wobbled after Dasun Shanaka struck two times reducing the hosts to 50/5.
Match in Pics: 1st Test, Day 2
Pujara underlined his importance with a wary and intelligent knock from which the likes of Rahane and Ashwin could've taken some lessons. Both fell while enjoying lose pictures - Rahane prodding at a supply that was once outside off and moved sufficient to kiss the outside edge and nestle in to the palms of the wicketkeeper. Ashwin (4) copped a blow to his thumb, off Lahiru Gamage and responded with an uppish drive an over later that went in to the palms of the backward level fielder for a regulation catch.
Read this story in Marathi
Pujara, calm and serene, was once handing a well timed lesson the way to build an innings on a hard track and hostile stipulations. Suranga Lakmal, the wrecker-in-chief on the curtailed opening day, persisted to bowl a probing spell earlier than Rahane broke his run of 7 instantly maidens with an edgy boundary to get off the mark. On the opposite hand, Pujara played with reference to his body, nearly intuitively warding off the rest that moved away after being pitched in the vicinity of fine duration region.
He scored runs off loose deliveries that had barriers written in all places them - which, because it became out, was once the perfect approach to deal the specter of seaming and bouncy stipulations. Buying time was once the key and Pujara excelled at it as his 47 off 102 deliveries end up.
He was once affected person sufficient to be rewarded with dollies afterward - Dasun Shanaka who picked each the wickets to fall in the morning session - was once punished for erring in line and duration three times with fours thru mid-off and one to fine-leg region. And then Dinesh Chandimal threw the ball to part-timer Dimuth Karunaratne, a move that confounded logic when his preferred pacers had been on music. Pujara made him pay in full, striking away the half-trackers to either side of the wicket. Karunaratne even allowed Saha, who had played 17 deliveries with out scoring, get off the mark with a ravishing four thru level.
In between, there have been no less than two circumstances of a mild drizzle and floodlights being switched directly to counter the fading gentle. However, that didn't have any effect on the play and it appeared there might be a full session of cricket. Alas, the drizzle returned and this time strong sufficient to power the gamers again to the dressing room adding to the disappointment on 2nd day operating during which just 21 overs of play was once imaginable.
Brief Scores: India 74/5 (Cheteshwar Pujara 74/5; Suranga Lakmal three/5, Dasun Shanaka 2/23) vs Sri Lanka
1st Test: Pujara fights before rain washes out Day 2
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November 18, 2017
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