Meanwhile, India won the toss and elected to bat in the ongoing Day & Night Test in Bangalore. Mayank Agarwal (4 not out), Rohit Sharma (15 not out), Hanuma Vihari (31 not out) and Virat Kohli (23 not out) were all out as India fell to 86/4. Rishabh hit 39 off 26 balls with seven fours.
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Shreyas Iyer’s innings in the sixth over really helped the team to a decent score. In ODIs, Iyer hit 92 off 98 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes. India’s first innings ended at 252 with Embaldania and Jayavikrama taking three wickets each for Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka collapsed early in the first innings as the Indian bowlers fought back with the same currency. Bumra and Shami put Sri Lanka in a miserable 28/4. They also lost the wicket of Charitha Asalanka when they reached 50 on the scoreboard. Senior batsman Angelo Mathews tried to hold on but Bumra gave India another breakthrough by knocking down Mathews for 43.
At the end of the second day, Sri Lanka was 86/6. Niroshan Dickwella (13) and Lasith Embaldania (1) were at the crease. For India, Bumra took three wickets and Mohammad Shami two.
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