Pant and Vihari's knocks help hosts post 357/6 at stumps on Day 1
Updated On: 04 March, 2022 05:37 PM IST | Mumbai | ANI
Pant carried on kept scoring runs at a brisk pace by hitting boundaries and went on to score his 8th Test half-century. Ravindra Jadeja who was making a comeback into the Test team after recovering from injury showed little signs of rust and gave company to Pant from the other end
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India`s Rishabh Pant (R) watches the ball after playing a shot during the first day of the first Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, Picture Courtesy: AFP
Rishabh Pant`s belligerent knock of 96 and Hanuma Vihari`s 58 along with contributions from Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja helped hosts score 357/6 at stumps on day-1 here at the PCA IS Bindra stadium.
Resuming the post-tea session at 199/4 Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer batted sensibly as India crosses the 200-run mark and the duo notched up a fifty partnership. Shreyas Iyer was looking good but was dismissed leg before wicket by Dhananjaya de Silva for 27 to leave India at 228/5 breaking the 53-run partnership.
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