Ravindra Jadeja picked five wickets to help India dismiss Sri Lanka for 174 runs in their first innings in the first Test at Mohali’s PCA Stadium on Sunday. Rohit Sharma and company then enforced a folllow-on and the visitors, at 10/1, trail by 390 runs. 

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Jadeja, after scoring a fluent 175 in the first innings, recorded figures of 5/41 in 13 overs as Sri Lanka were bundled out in 45 overs. Dimuth Karunaratne’s men started the day 400 runs behind India’s mammoth 574-run total. They lost six wickets for 13 runs as they were 161 for four after the first hour, with Pathum Nissanka (61 no off 133 balls) and Charith Asalank adding 58 runs.

Karunaratne, Dickwella, Lakmal, Fernando and Lahiru Kumara were Jadeja’s victims. 

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Jasprit Bumrah dismissed two batsmen as Ashwin (2/49) and Mohammed Shami (1/27) also got their names on the wickets column. 

This was Jadeja’s  20th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Batting first, he paid a fitting tribute to one of his earliest mentors Shane Warne with a majestic 175 not out. His career-best knock, his second ton in Test cricket, came less than 24 hours after the Australian leg-spinner’s death. 

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In the Sri Lankan second innings, Ashwin, handed the new ball, removed Lahiru Thirimanne, who was caught by skipper Rohit at second slip. Ashwin is now one short of Kapil Dev’s 434 wickets.

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Brief Scores: India 1st innings: 574 for 8 declared in 129.2 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 175 not out, Rishabh Pant 96; Suranga Lakmal 2/90, Vishwa Fernando 2/135, Lasith Embuldeniya 2/188).

Sri Lanka 1st innings: 174 all out in 65 overs (Pathum Nissanka 61 not out, Charith Asalanka 29; Ravindra Jadeja 5/41).