15/11Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Kolkata, Nov 16-20 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia
15/11Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Kolkata, Nov 16-20 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia

11.25 am This total, 172, is fairly handy on a pitch where Suranga Lakmal was making a 57-over ball seam this way and that. But Sri Lanka will still believe, under far clearer skies, with even some sun, that their batsmen can put them in a commanding position.

They will have to face Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a spectacular swing bowler. And Mohammed Shami, who basically bowled the ball of the previous home season to break Alastair Cook's stump in half on a Visakhapatnam turner. Dogged batting is needed, and the likes of Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews are more than capable of that. Coverage will continue after lunch, so do join us in about half an hour or so

For football fans, Season 4 of the ISL kicked off last night with Kerala Blasters and ATK facing off in Kochi. A match that looked exciting on paper resulted in a frustrating draw on a night when former Manchester United player Dimitar Berbatov failed to conjure up any of his usual magic

Elsewhere, Sushil Kumar won gold at the Senior Wrestling Nationals yesterday to begin a second comeback after a three-year absence from the sport, but in doing so by receiving walkovers in three out of his five bouts, the point of the medal was lost. Head to ESPN.in to read more.

Bharat Pagare: "India has scored at 5 RPO in last 10 overs. Certainly SL would not have expected that. These runs could be crucial in the Result of the match."

59.3
W
Gamage to Mohammed Shami, OUT, taken at deep midwicket and India are all out for 172. Gamage's plan of bouncing Shami works, but it's also yielded several bonus runs from the lower order. Big pull shot. Big top edge. Safely taken by Shanaka running in

Mohammed Shami c Shanaka b Gamage 24 (34m 22b 3x4 0x6) SR: 109.09

"Eight on the boundary for Shami. Ridiculous," says Karthik from the ground

59.2
2
Gamage to Mohammed Shami, 2 runs, it's the top-edge again, this time not entirely as well timed as the others in the previous Gamage over.
59.1
4
Gamage to Mohammed Shami, FOUR, smashes it to the long-off boundary - with a long-off in! Chandimal has only a couple of yards to move to his right, but he can't reach there. Shami is roaaaaaring.

END OF OVER:
59 | 5 Runs | IND: 166/9

  • Umesh Yadav6 (8b)
  • Mohammed Shami18 (19b)
  • Suranga Lakmal19-12-26-4
  • Lahiru Gamage17-5-53-1
58.6
0
Lakmal to Yadav, no run, full and outside off, drives to cover

You've heard of nighwatchmen. Here's Sites Kumar, the specialist counting-chickens-before-they-hatch... uh... man: "Irrespective of what people thing I strongly believe that 160 on this pitch is at par. Under no circumstances Srilanka can score more that 225. A lead of 65 runs isn't much for Sri Lanka as they have to bat last."

58.5
0
Lakmal to Yadav, no run, looks for the hook shot as Lakmal keeps banging it in. Umesh doesn't connect
58.4
0
Lakmal to Yadav, no run, another short ball, digging it into the middle of the pitch, and it responds to all that effort. The ball climbs on Umesh, who does very well to shift his weight back and pat it down by his feet
58.3
0
Lakmal to Yadav, no run, taken down leg? But umpire Nigel Llong says it must be off the thigh pad. Sri Lanka review. This is a shortish delivery, cramping the right-hander for room. Umesh is shuffling across, trying to protect his body, and fends at the ball. Replays suggest Llong's call is right, it has flicked the thigh pad. UltraEdge has no spike as ball passes bat. No five-for, Lakmal. Yet

SL in INDIA 2017-18 News

Kohli's 50th

0

No. of batsman to score 50 centuries in International cricket in fewer inns than Kohli who got there in his 348th inns. Amla also took 348 inns for the same.

Lakmal's best

0

No. of times Lakmal had picked more than six wickets in a Test, before this in his 39 matches. Rahane's wicket in the second inns was his 7th wicket of the match.

On and on

9

No. of batsmen to bat on all 5 days of a Test, including Pujara this Test. He's the third among India batsman and all have done this at Eden Gardens.

After a long time

2010

Last occasion of India having a century opening stand in their 2nd inns of a Test, which was against SA in Centurion. Rahul and Dhawan have done that in this match.

Seamers 10, spinners 0

3

No. of instances of India fast bowlers picking all 10 wickets in a Test innings at home, including this match. The last such instance was in 1983-84 against West Indies at Ahmedabad and first v Eng, Mumbai, 1981-82.

Rare high for pacers

1986

Last instance of 3 India fast bowlers picking 2 or more wickets in the same innings of a home Test, as did Bhuvneshwar, Umesh and Shami in this game. Overall, this is only the 4th such occasion for India at home.

Sri Lanka leading

2010

Last time Sri Lanka gained first innings lead against India, before this match, which was in Galle. Since then India had got the lead in 8 Tests.

Ends a drought

12.09

Thirimanne's average in his last 11 Test innings, with highest of 22. He has scored a fifty in this match.

Second-lowest

1

No. of lower totals for India against Sri Lanka at home, than the 172 in this Test. The lowest is 167 in Chennai in 2005.

Mr. Consistent

13

Cheteshwar Pujara has made at least one 50+ score in 13 of the 17 Tests since the start of 2016-17 season.

Something rare

2010

Last instance of India losing first 5 wkts for 50 or fewer runs in a Test inns at home, before this match. That had happened against NZ at Ahmedabad. Overall, its the 17th instance at home and 5th in about last 30 years.

Dots, dots, dots

46

No. of deliveries bowled by Suranga Lakmal before conceding his first run in this innings - the most by any bowler since 2001. Previous: 40 balls by Jerome Taylor v Aus, Jamaica, 2015.

In & Out

6

No. of India batsmen to get out on the first ball of a Test, including KL Rahul in this game. The last was Wasim Jaffer in 2007 v Bangladesh. Rahul had scored 7 successive fifties before this.

No joy yet

0-10

Sri Lanka's win-loss record in Tests in India, in 17 previous outings. 8 of the 10 defeats have been by margin of an innings and they are yet to win a Test in India.