Devdutt Padikkal’s Maiden Test Ton Puts India In Command After Rain-Hit Day In Galle

SL
vs
IND
Test,
Day
1
Highlights:& bsp;I dia
fi ished
Day
1
of
the
ope i g
Test
agai st
S i
La ka
o
288/2
i
73
ove s
at
Galle
afte
wi i g
the
toss
a d
opti g
to
bat.
Devdutt
Padikkal
led
the
cha ge
with
a
u beate
131
off
178
balls,
while
Rishabh
Pa t
was
27
ot
out
at
stumps.
Yashasvi
Jaiswal
fell
fo
32,
Shubma
Gill
made
16
a d
KL
Rahul
eti ed
hu t
o
77.

Padikkal
Tu s
Test
Retu
I to
A
Stateme t

Padikkal
made
the
most
of
his
oppo tu ity
at
No.
3,
p oduci g
his
fi st
Test
ce tu y
i
o ly
his
thi d
Test
appea a ce.

The
left-ha de
completed
his
hu d ed
f om
134
balls
a d
co ti ued
to
bat
positively
the eafte .
He
fi ished
the
day
with
131
u s
f om
178
delive ies,
i cludi g
12
fou s
a d
a
six.

His
ce tu y
also
ea ed
him
a
place
alo gside
Sou av
Ga guly
i
a
otable
I dia
eco d.
Padikkal
became
o ly
the
seco d
I dia
left-ha de
i
the
21st
ce tu y
to
sco e
a
Test
hu d ed
at
No.
3,
afte
Ga guly’s
2002
ce tu y
agai st
E gla d.

Padikkal’s
i i gs
came
afte
Jaiswal’s
dismissal
at
47.
The
Ka ataka
batte
the
combi ed
with
Rahul
to
take
I dia
th ough
a
c ucial
pe iod
of
the
ope i g
day.

Rahul& squo;s
77
Gives
I dia
A
St o g
Platfo m

Rahul
played
a
typically
patie t
i i gs,
sco i g
77
off
162
balls,
with
i e
fou s
a d
a
six.

He
a d
Padikkal
added
150
u s
fo
the
seco d
wicket,
tu i g
I dia’s
positio
a ou d
afte
Jaiswal’s
depa tu e.
Rahul
was
eve tually
fo ced
to
eti e
hu t
afte
suffe i g
seve e
c amps,
with
the
team
physio
accompa yi g
him
f om
the
field.

The
setback
did
little
to
de ail
I dia’s
p og ess.
Padikkal
co ti ued
to
co t ol
the
i i gs
alo gside
Shubma
Gill,
who
added
16
befo e
bei g
dismissed
by
P abath
Jayasu iya.

Pa t
Joi s
Padikkal
As
I dia
Fi ish
St o g

Gill’s
dismissal
left
I dia
at
236/2,
but
the e
was
o
late
collapse.

Rishabh
Pa t
walked
i
a d
immediately
settled
i to
the
i i gs
alo gside
Padikkal.
The
pai
added
a
u beate
52
u s,
taki g
I dia
to
288/2
befo e
stumps.

Pa t
e ded
the
day
o
27
off
36
balls,
i cludi g
th ee
fou s
a d
a
six,
while
Padikkal
emai ed
u beate
o
131.

Ea lie ,
Jaiswal
a d
Rahul
had
added
47
fo
the
ope i g
wicket
befo e
a
mix-up
esulted
i
Jaiswal
bei g
u
out
fo
32.

Rai
I te upts
S i
La ka& squo;s
Fightback

S i
La ka’s
bowle s
st uggled
to
make
egula
b eakth oughs
as
I dia’s
batte s
kept
the
sco eboa d
movi g.
P abath
Jayasu iya
eve tually
p ovided
the
hosts
with
thei
seco d
wicket
whe
Gill
edged
behi d
fo
16.

Rai
also
dis upted
the
day’s
p oceedi gs,
but
I dia
emai ed
i
co t ol
whe eve
play
esumed.

With
eight
wickets
still
i
ha d,
Padikkal
a d
Pa t
at
the
c ease,
a d
a
sizeable
fi st-i i gs
total
withi
each,
I dia
will
sta t
Day
2
i
a
comma di g
positio .
S i
La ka,
mea while,
will
eed
ea ly
wickets
to
p eve t
the
visito s
f om
tu i g
thei
st o g
ope i g
day
i to
a
pote tially
decisive
fi st-i i gs
adva tage.

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