India's Tour of Sri Lanka 2017: 1st Test, Day 2 — As it happened...

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India's bowlers back up the fine work of their batsmen as they reduce India to 154/5 in the 1st Test, having earlier posted 600.

27 July 2017

17:19 IST

OVER 44 | SCORE 154/5 | Angelo Mathews 54, Dilruwan Perera 6

Angelo Mathews brought up his 27th fifty as Sri Lanka posted 154/5 in 44 overs at stumps on Day 2.

17:03 IST

OVER 40 | SCORE 143/5 | Angelo Mathews 49, Dilruwan Perera 0

Half of Sri Lanka's side is back in the hut

WICKET! 39.2 over: Dickwella c Mukund b Ashwin 8(15)

Mukund took a stunner at silly point off Ashwin's bowling.

16:46 IST

OVER 35 | SCORE 127/4 | Angelo Mathews 40, Niroshan Dickwella 1

50-run partnership between Tharanga and Mathews came up.

WICKET! 33.6 over: Tharanga run out (Mukund/Saha) 64(93)

What a unfortunate way to get out!

Tharanga almost made his ground but the angle of his bat was such that it was not on the ground when Saha dislodged the wickets.

16:35 IST

OVER 32 | SCORE 117/3 | Tharanga 61, Angelo Mathews 34

Tharanga and Matthews are toiling hard in the middle to put as many runs as they can on the board in response to India's 600.

16:11 IST

OVER 25 | SCORE 109/3 | Tharanga 57, Angelo Mathews 31

100 up for Sri Lanka in the 25th over. 

Tharanga and Matthews seem to have settled in really well and can now look to build the innings for the hosts.

15:51 IST

OVER 20 | SCORE 79/3 | Tharanga 55, Angelo Mathews 3

Upul Tharanga scores his 8th half century off 44 balls, his fastest fifty in Tests. 

15:32 IST

OVER 15 | SCORE 68/3 | Tharanga 48

Mohammed Shami was brought back into the attack and he struck twice in the 15th over. 

WICKET! 14.2 over: Gunathilaka c Dhawan b Shami 16(37) 

Gunathilaka edged one to the slips off Shami's bowling and Dhawan made no mistake with the catch.

WICKET! 14.6 over: Kusal Mendis c Dhawan b Shami 0(4)

Kusal Mendis also caught in the slips by Dhawan for a duck.

15:17 IST

OVER 12 | SCORE 55/1 | Tharanga 35, Gunathilaka 16

50 up for Sri Lanka in the 11th over, now trail India by 550 runs.

15:10 IST

OVER 10 | SCORE 48/1 | Tharanga 31, Gunathilaka 13

R Ashwin started the proceeding for India in the last session of the day. Not an ideal start for Sri Lanka considering that India have 600 runs posted on the board.

14:29 IST

OVER 7 | SCORE 38/1 | Tharanga 24, Gunathilaka 12

TEA! Sri Lanka have got runs in the first seven overs. Though Karunaratne's depature is a bad blow, Tharanga and Gunathilaka have done well since then.

14:18 IST

OVER 5 | SCORE 20/1 | Tharanga 7, Gunathilaka 11

Five overs gone and Sri Lanka would hope to have Tharanga and Gunathilaka bat through the whole day. We are not far from the TEA break. 

13:56 IST

OVER 2 | SCORE 7/1 | Tharanga 5, Gunathilaka 0

Umesh Yadav hands Sri Lanka an early blow. Karunaratne departs LBW despite taking DRS. A rather shocking review by the Lankans which might only come back to haunt them.

Karunaratne lbw b U Yadav 2(9)

13:40 IST

OVER 133 | SCORE 600/10 | Umesh 11

Hardik Pandya departs after slamming his maiden Test fifty on debut. Others to have done the same batting no. 8 or below are Dattu Phadkar, CD Gopinath, Deepak Shodhan and Balwinder Sandhu.

Hardik Pandya c (sub)de Silva b Lahiru Kumara 50(49)

13:39 IST

OVER 130 | SCORE 579/9 | Pandya 40, Umesh 0

Pandya, Shami pull off a 50-run partnership before the latter fell to a bouncer from Lahiru Kumara. India are down to 9 but have already put across a run-mountain for Sri Lanka to climb.

Shami c Tharanga b Lahiru Kumara 30(30)

12:51 IST

OVER 125 | SCORE 555/8 | Pandya 29, Shami 19

Pandya, Shami not minding going for a few big shots as the Lankans drop catches left-right-center. India are past the 550-mark as the partnership grows, courtesy hosts' fielding errors.

 Jadeja b Pradeep 15(24)

12:04 IST

OVER 120 | SCORE 515/7 | Pandya 8, Jadeja 14

Pandya dropped in the 119th over by Karunaratne as the Lankans continue to fumble in field just like Day 1.

11:50 IST

OVER 117 | SCORE 503/7 | Pandya 4, Jadeja 8

LUNCH! It's the end of first session on Day 2 at Galle and Team India are past the 500-run mark. Jadeja and Pandya will look to add as many runs possible before the hosts come out to bat.

Ashwin couldn't reach his fifty as Pradeep completed a 5-wicket haul.

Ashwin c Dickwella b Pradeep 47(60)

11:30 IST

OVER 115 | SCORE 495/6 | Ashwin 47, Pandya 4

Saha gets caught at mid-on as Herath bags his first wicket of the Galle Test. Debutante Hardik Pandya is the new man at crease and he didn't take long to bag his first boundary.

Saha c Dilruwan Perera b Herath 16(32)

11:30 IST

OVER 110 | SCORE 477/5 | Ashwin 39, Saha 11

Ravichandran Ashwin is showing why he was sent above Wriddhiman Sahan and Hardik Pandya, as continues to progress at spectacular strike rate. Another hundred on the cards?

10:49 IST

OVER 105 | SCORE 451/5 | Ashwin 20, Saha 4

Lahiru Kumara bags his first wicket as Ajinkya Rahane departs soon after making his fifty. Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha are the new men at crease. 

DRINKS has been called at Galle.

Rahane c Karunaratne b Lahiru Kumara 57(130)

10:19 IST

OVER 100 | SCORE 431/4 | Rahane 56, Ashwin 6

Pujara dismissed after scoring his 6th of 150-plus score. Rahane bags 12th half century.

Pujara c Dickwella b Pradeep 153(265)

10:06 IST

OVER 95 | SCORE 4011/3 | Pujara 147, Rahane 47

Rangana Herath takes DRS on a decision involving Cheteshwar Pujara after the on-field umpire decided to not give the Indian batsman a caught behind, however, the review didn't go in Sri Lanka's favour. 

Pujara looks set to complete his 150 while Rahane is also edging closer to his 50.

09:47 IST

OVER 92 | SCORE 404/3 | Pujara 147, Rahane 41

Rahane, Pujara bring up 400 up for Team India as Dilruwan and Pradeep begin proceedings on Day 2.

09:44 IST

Hint of a big innings from Rahane today?

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