In the first Test against sri lanka, india won by an innings and 222 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the Test series. The first Test of the two-Test series between india and sri lanka began in Mohali on the 4th of March. This is the first Test match played by the indian team under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. It is 100th test match of Virat Kohli. india batted first as they won the test. rohit sharma (29) and mayank agarwal (33) gave india a good start. Hanuma Vihari, who came down in the 3rd row, played better and scored a fifty. Hanuma Vihari scored 58 runs. Expected to score big in the 100th Test from Virat Kohli, he was bowled out for 45.
The Sri Lankan batsmen got the follow-on and played the 2nd innings and lost in the 2nd innings as well. In the 2nd inning, only Dickwella stood on the field until the last and scored a fifty. All the other players were outscored at regular intervals for short runs. sri lanka was all out for 178 in the 2nd innings. Jadeja and Ashwin both took a maximum of 4 wickets each for india in the 2nd innings.
Following this, india won by an innings and 222 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the Test series. Jadeja won the man of the match award.
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