Indian batsmen dominate on the first day of Galle Test
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By the end of the first day's play of the Galle Test, the Indian team had scored 288 runs, losing 2 wickets. Due to rain, 17 overs less were played on the first day. Devdutt Padikkal is unbeaten on 131 runs, while Rishabh Pant is accompanying him with 27 runs.
IND vs SL 1st Test Day 1: At the end of the first day's play in the Galle Test, the Indian team had scored 288 runs, losing 2 wickets. Due to rain, 17 overs less were played on the first day. Devdutt Padikkal is unbeaten on 131 runs, while Rishabh Pant is accompanying him with 27 runs. Devdutt Padikkal hit a brilliant century, scoring his first Test century, and took Team India to a strong position.
In this match, Team India won the toss and decided to bat first. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul gave Team India a good start, but Jaiswal got run out unfortunately after scoring 32 runs. Jaiswal's run-out had a significant contribution from Sri Lanka's debutant Keshara Nuwantha, which was widely discussed on social media.
After this, KL Rahul and Padikkal took charge and did not let the team suffer any setbacks until tea time. However, immediately after tea, when the game was about to resume, KL Rahul suddenly felt pain in his right hand, due to which he had to return to the dressing room without playing a single ball. After this, Shubman Gill came to bat and got out after scoring just 16 runs. Following Gill's disappointing performance, Rishabh Pant took charge and did not let any other wicket fall for Team India until the end of the day's play.
Only one bowler from Sri Lanka, Prabhat Jayasuriya, was successful in taking a wicket. He got Shubman Gill caught by Lahiru Udara. Apart from this, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Keshara Nuwantha, and captain Dhananjaya de Silva, along with Sonal Dinusha, also bowled, but remained unsuccessful. Throughout the day, the Indian batsmen dominated, where Padikkal played a brilliant century, but the most discussion was about Jaiswal's run-out.