Pant Missed Century On Virat's 100th, Pujara's Successor Vihari ?
India 358-6 at the end of the first day of Virat Kohli 's 100th Test match in Mohali , Punjab . Cricket fans in India and around the world have been watching the first day of the first match of the Test series between India and Sri Lanka since early this morning . The main reason is to be the witness of the moment of the special match . Prominent personalities were present in the stadium as the lifeblood of Indian cricket - the Indian spectators . Captain Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal got off to a good start early in the day . Pool accustomed to Lahiru Kumara after 52 -run partnership - Going to hit the shot , the captain was credited to Lakmal for 29 runs . Mayank did 33 . Hanuma Vihari and former India captain Virat Kohli took the helm of India from 60-2 and the ' V - V ' duo put up a 90 - run partnership between them . Vihari played at no.3 today. Virat was dismissed for 45 and Vihari returned to the pavilion for 58 . Vihari went one step further to prove as a worthy heir to the place left by Pujara . Knight captain Shreyash Iyer scored 28 runs . Then the whole thing can be said “ The Rishabh Pant Show " and Jadeja 's Anchor role . After half centyury , Rishabh had a devastating image from the 76th and 77th overs of the match . He added 22 runs in his Lasith Embuldeniya's over- two sixes, two fours and a double . Even then Rishabh could not be stopped . Probably he wanted to dedicate this century to Virat Kohli . So , after being bowled by Lakmal in the first over of the 2nd new ball for 96 runs , Rishabh got dishearten .Stats says he has been out of the quota of ninety 5 times with this . But never before has it been so broken to Rishabh. Faithful Jadeja and Ashwin are at the crease at the end of the day .Jaddu and Ash is still unbeaten at 45 and 10 runs respectively .
Team India : 357-6(85.0)
Rishabh Pant 96(97)
Hanuma Vihari 58(108)
Virat Kohli 45(76)
Rabindra Jadeja 45(86)*
Sri Lanka : Lasith Embuldeniya 28- 2 - 107- 2
-Rajesh Mallick, 04/03/2022