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Ind vs SL: Cheteshwar Pujara fights behind as India onslaught during 74/5 on Day 2
- Updated: November 18, 2017
Cheteshwar Pujara came to India’s rescue after Sri Lankan seamer Dasun Shanaka’s twin strike had left a hosts panting during 74 for 5 on a second uninterrupted rain-curtailed day of a opening cricket Test, here today. After Suranga Lakmal’s (3/5) exploits on a initial day of a rain-affected array opener, it was Shanaka’s spin to take a limelight currently as he private Ajinkya Rahane (4) and Ravichandran Ashwin (4) to lapse with considerable total of 2 for 23.
Cheteshwar Pujara plays a shot during a second day of a initial Test between India and Sri Lanka during a Eden Gardens cricket stadium. Pic/ AFP
Pujara was a sole Indian batsmen to furnish some quarrel opposite a Sri Lankan bowling conflict on a immature tip in cloudy conditions. Pujara displayed exquisite defensive technique again and struck usually a erring deliveries to measure during his dominant 47-run knock.
Shanaka took both a wickets in a morning though Pujara anchored India’s initial innings on contrast cloudy conditions during a Eden Gardens.
Coming on to bat during a measure of eight, Pujara faced 102 deliveries and struck 9 fours in his knock, 3 runs divided from what could be a noted half-century as a India No 3 built his innings with autarchic resolve. He patiently waited for lax balls as a visitors got limit squeeze from a Eden’s immature top, brilliantly aided by a cloudy conditions.
Shanaka struck in his third over when he tempted Rahane for a expostulate and got a skinny corner to a wicketkeeper. Next he evicted Ashwin after environment him adult brilliantly as Pujara struggled to get a partnership going.
Overnight 17/3 after Lakmal’s marvellous bowling display, Indians were tested in a off-stump mezzanine by a Lankan pacer’s probing length and bounce. Indians elite to take Lakmal with impassioned counsel as a Lankan new-ball bowler finally finished his overnight spell from a High Court finish for 11-9-5-3.
On 24, Pujara was strike on his bottom palm — bowling palm — ride by a rising brief pitched smoothness from Lahiru Gamage as he flung his gloves in pain in a 25th over.
In a subsequent over, Pujara mislaid Ashwin as Shanaka set him adult with a bouncer and followed it with a good length smoothness that was cut true to indicate by a Indian off-spinner. But Pujara remained unruffled and looked for lax deliveries and scored especially by bounds before a initial event was halted by rain.
Lunch was taken 10 mins forward of report while it started pouring in a middle. The heavens continued to pour, that meant no play was probable after lunch forcing a umpires to call off day’s record betimes again. After only 11.5 overs were bowled yesterday, a Sri Lankan bowlers managed to get by 21 overs today.