Sri Lanka Injured by Jadeja's Sword, Unhappy With Rohit's Decision ?
Analyzing the second day of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka , Jadeja pierced the Sri Lankan bowlers one by one with his sword . The Indian team declared the first innings today at 574-6 after batting from 356-6 on the first day. Jadeja and Ashwin led the Indian team towards the mammoth total from the beginning of the second day just like Rishabh , Hanuma and Virat played a role in the first day. Ashwin started batting from 10 runs on the previous day and played a beautiful innings of 61 runs with 6 fours. After that it was all Jadeja's Rajputiana . He completed the second century of his life by humiliating the Sri Lankan bowlers one after another . In the end, Mohammad teamed up with Sami and formed a partnership of over 100 runs where Sami joined for 20 runs . When the Indian team was 584-6 _ Jadeja Birdarpe is announcing the glory of unbeaten run of 175* next to his name . That's when Indian captain Rohit Sharma announced the Indian team's innings . However, Indian supporters are very disappointed with Rohit's decision . Jadeja could have been given at least two overs to complete his 200 runs . Despite missing out on 200 runs , the record says he went down to bat at number 7 to 11 , leaving behind Rishabh Pant and legendary Kapil Dev in the individual run-scoring list . The scene of Rohit & Co. giving a Guard of Honour to Virat was especially noticable. Sri Lanka 108-4 at the end of the day to chase this huge run of India .Ash took two wickets while Bumrah and Jadu took one wicket each .
Score card :
India: 574-6 d
Jadeja 175 (228) *
Pant 96(97)
Ashwin 61 (82)
Sri Lanka: 108-4
Dimuth 28 (71)
Pathum 26 (75) *
Ashwin 13-7-21-2
_Rajesh Mallick,05/03/2022