03/08Result
2nd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 3-6 2017
India won by an inns & 53 runs
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra JadejaIndia
03/08Result
2nd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 3-6 2017
India won by an inns & 53 runs
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra JadejaIndia

12.15pm Sid Monga from the SSC confirms that India have enforced the follow-on

12.10pm That is lunch on the third day. India claim a 439-run first-innings lead. Will they enforce the follow-on? India were just having fun again. Ashwin and Jadeja ripped past both the edges. Shami took two wickets in an over. Pujara pulled off a blinder at leg gully. Kohli and Rahul did the 'dab' again. India's only stumbling block was a rapid fifty stand between Dickwella and Mathews. Once that was broken, India wiped out the lower order swiftly. Ashwin secured his 26th five-wicket haul, moving past Harbhajan; only Kumble has more. Jadeja, meanwhile, reached 150 wickets. Getting there in 32 Tests, he beat Wasim Akram (41), Bishan Bedi (41), and Herath (40). Among all spinners, he was fourth-fastest, and he got there only one Test later than perhaps the greatest of them all, Warne. We will be back in 40 minutes for Sri Lanka's second innings

John Snow: "what is a 'dab' ?" --- Here you go

Sagar: "The difference in batting prowess of the two sides can be accessed from the fact that Dickwella was the highest scorer for SL and India had 6 batsmen who out-scored, what he amassed (and that does not include two centurions from the last test)"

abdul: "first 5 wickets caught and last 5 wickets bowled.............. "

saideswar Rao: "Sri Lanka all-out in 49.4 overs for 183 and one moment i thought they were playing an ODI."

49.4
W
Ashwin to Pradeep, OUT, Poor Pradeep. He walks in with an injured hamstring and gets bowled for a duck. Ashwin caps the innings with another five-wicket haul. He hung this offbreak up outside off, turns in, Pradeep was attempting to let it go. The ball grazes the inside edge and rolls back onto the stumps

N Pradeep b Ashwin 0 (8m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

49.3
1
Ashwin to Pushpakumara, 1 run, pushed through on the stumps, whipped away through midwicket

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49.2
0
Ashwin to Pushpakumara, no run, Pushpakumara shimmies out, Ashwin drags his length back and gets it to break in, Pushpakumara is forced to pad up to it
49.1
0
Ashwin to Pushpakumara, no run, carrom ball, Ashwin is showing his range at the SSC, defended back to him. Pushpakumara picked it off the pitch

Lunch has been delayed

END OF OVER:
49 | 11 Runs | SL: 182/9

  • Nuwan Pradeep0 (5b)
  • Malinda Pushpakumara14 (19b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja22-6-84-2
  • Ravichandran Ashwin16-3-68-4
48.6
0
Jadeja to Pradeep, no run, slider on off, Pradeep defends from the crease
48.5
1
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, 1 run, low full-toss on middle, bunted to midwicket
48.4
0
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, no run, turn and bounce, kicks past the outside edge to Saha
48.3
4
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, FOUR, Dropped by Umesh Yadav running back from mid-on. He gets into an awkward side-on position and shells it. Pushed on off stump, Pushpakumara skies a loft and survives
48.2
0
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, no run, quicker on off and spins away, rushing past the slog-sweep
48.1
6
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, SIX, tossed up on off stump, Pushpakumara clears his front leg and hoicks it over the long-on boundary

END OF OVER:
48 | (wicket maiden) | SL: 171/9

  • Nuwan Pradeep0 (4b)
  • Malinda Pushpakumara3 (14b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin16-3-68-4
  • Ravindra Jadeja21-6-73-2
47.6
0
Ashwin to Pradeep, no run, slid through on off stump, Pradeep angles a defence to cover
47.5
0
Ashwin to Pradeep, no run, full offbreak, kept out
47.4
0
Ashwin to Pradeep, no run, slower through the air and breaks in, prodded wide of short leg off the front foot
47.3
0
Ashwin to Pradeep, no run, tossed up outside off, blocked on the front foot

Perera has been dismissed for the first time in this series

47.2
W
Ashwin to Perera, OUT, bowled'em. India wrap up Sri Lanka for 171. Oh wait, India are hanging around to see if Pradeep will bat. And he walks in with an injured hamstring. Poor fella. Out goes Perera. This was tossed up delightfully outside off, spins in, floats through the gate to hit the stumps. Perera was drawn forward to drive against the break

MDK Perera b Ashwin 25 (9m 34b 3x4 1x6) SR: 73.52

47.1
0
Ashwin to Perera, no run, hangs it up outside off and gets it to dip,Perera presses forward and smothers it

Ashwin

END OF OVER:
47 | (maiden) | SL: 171/8

  • Malinda Pushpakumara3 (14b)
  • Dilruwan Perera25 (32b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja21-6-73-2
  • Mohammed Shami6-1-13-2

Rahul Kapoor: "The way Kohli is using his bowlers pretty much shows he is going to enforce follow on. Pandya hasn't bowled and Umesh /Ashwin are underbowled. Clearly a no brainer."

46.6
0
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, no run, straight ball on middle, capably pushed to mid-off
46.5
0
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, no run, short and turns away outside off, swatted away half-heartedly to mid-on
46.4
0
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, no run, slides in with the arm on off, 95ks, another forward-defensive from Pushpakumara
46.3
0
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, no run, flighted on off, stretches out and pushes the ball to cover
46.2
0
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, no run, faster and flatter outside off, presses forward and lets it go
46.1
0
Jadeja to Pushpakumara, no run, grip, turn, and extra bounce. Angled in and jives past the forward-defensive

END OF OVER:
46 | 3 Runs | SL: 171/8

  • Dilruwan Perera25 (32b)
  • Malinda Pushpakumara3 (8b)
  • Mohammed Shami6-1-13-2
  • Ravindra Jadeja20-5-73-2

Varun Suchday: "There surely has to be a Follow-On. Or are the captains too cautious these days? What better time to bowl then when the opposition batsmen are psyched out by the devilish darts on a dynamite deck puffing dust"

45.6
0
Mohammed Shami to Perera, no run, big bouncer outside off, Perera lets it go. Saha leaps to collect it

Abe De: "Can't the Ref step in stop this carnage like in boxing...no contest! (I'm secretly hoping this jinxes the match and the tail wags)"

Match Coverage

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All-rounders' double blast

3

Instances of 2 players from a team with 50+ and 5-for in a Test, including Ashwin & Jadeja this match. Others: Giffen-Trott v Eng 1895 & Bresnan-Broad v Ind 2011.

Karunaratne goes big

2

No. of higher scores for SL when following-on, than Karunaratne's 141. The highest is by Karunaratne himself, when he made 152 in Christchurch in Dec 2014.

Third-innings player

4

No. of centuries for Karunaratne in 3rd inns of Tests in last 3 years. No other batsman has scored more than 2 such 100s in this period.

Counter-attacking stand

142

Previous highest partnership for SL when following-on, by Mathews-Samaraweera in Cape Town 2011-12. Karunaratne-Mendis have added over 150 runs.

Big deficit

439

SL's first-innings deficit in this match, their highest ever in Test history. For India, it's their third-biggest first-innings lead.

Very quick

32

No. of Tests taken by Jadeja to reach 150 wickets, the quickest by any left-arm bowler. Mitchell Johnson was the previous quickest, in 34 Tests.

Big score

2

No. of larger totals by visiting teams in Sri Lanka than India's 622/9 in this match. India had scored 707 at this same venue in 2010 and B'desh 638 in Galle in 2012-13.

Combined effort

2

No. of instances of 6 Ind batsmen scoring 50+ in an away Test, including today. The first time was at The Oval in 2007.

Ashwin's double

0

No. of players to complete 2000+ runs and 250+ wkts in their career in fewer Tests than Ashwin, who has done it in his 51st Test. Hadlee had got there in his 54th.

Love for second Tests

5

No. of centuries for Rahane in the 2nd matches of a Test series, in 17 innings. He has only 4 centuries in 50 innings of other matches of a series.

Three in three

3

No. of centuries for Pujara in as many Tests in Sri Lanka. He had made 145* at SSC in 2015 and 153 in Galle before this century.

Match of milestones

4

No. of India batsmen to aggregate over 4000 runs in first 50 Tests, including Pujara. Gavaskar (4947), Dravid (4135) and Sehwag (4103) are the others.

Left-arm spin trouble

34.25

Kohli's ave against left-arm spin bowlers in Tests this year, getting out 4 times in 10 inns. Before this year, he averaged 170.50 and got out only twice.

Rahul's hot streak

6

No. of consecutive 50+ scores for KL Rahul, including today's knock. Viswanath and Dravid are the only other India batsmen to do so.

Landmark test

50

No. of Tests for Pujara. This is the 50th match of his Test career.