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The pitch offered a great help to the spinners, and Sri Lanka took control as they got four speedy wickets in the first session. Although, Shreyas Iyer was great on an intense pitch and played an unequivocal innings of 92.
The hosts finished their first innings on 252 and the Lankans will be disheartened with the manner in which they spilled runs on an extremely supportive pitch.
The Indian bowlers then moved forward and when stumps were drawn, Sri Lanka were swaying at 86/6.
The pitch on offer Bengaluru began helping the spinners from the beginning Day 1. The home side batted first and lost their first wicket to a run-out before the spinners took control. Rohit Sharma, Hanuma Vihari and Virat Kohli all fell before tea.
Rishabh Pant scored 39 runs off 26 balls, however he excessively fell against the turning ball. Ravindra Jadeja fizzled with the bat, and the onus was then on Iyer, who played the ideal innings to control India to 252.
The pitch offered impressive help to the spinners and everyone was focused on the Indian spin department of Ravichandran Ashwin, Jadeja, and Axar Patel. Nonetheless, pacers Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah stepped up.
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