India is in comfortable position with the collective batting efforts done by the Indian batters on the second day of the first test match at the the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took India’s first innings total past the 450-run mark on Day 2 of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. They are looking comfortable at the crease as India’s total has gone past 450.

Jadeja has scored the second Test century of his carreer. Despite losing the wicket of Ravichandran Ashwin, India is still dominating over Sri Lanka.

With the help of Rishabh Pant’s 96 off just 97 balls and Hanuma Vihari’s steady knock of 58, India were 357 for 6 on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test.

Virat Kohli, who is playing in his 100th Test, were also looking comfortable during his stay at the crease on the first day. With the short knock 45 runs, the former Indian skipper has reached 8,000 runs in his 100th Test.

Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Embuldeniya took his wicket. Till the end of the second day, he returned with figures of 2 for 62. Meanwhile, Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva and Suranga Lakmal also took a wicket each.

While, Rishabh Pant got his 9th test half-century as India took control in the third session of the opening day. Opener Hanuma Vihari (58) completed his sixth test half-century and added 90 runs for the third wicket with Kohli, who walked to the crease to a chorus of cheers. Sri Lankan team, who is playing its 300 test, pulled things back with two wickets in 4 overs.

The Sri Lankan Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne said he also would have chosen to bat first if he had won the toss, aiming to end a run of 20 tests in India without a victory.

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