Welcome to Sportstar‘s LIVE coverage of Day 2 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka in Mohali.

LIVE COMMENTARY

Ashwin’s 12th Test fifty comes off 67 balls.

IND 440/6 in 105 overs: Ashwin enters the 40s with a classy straight drive for four. Jadeja receives some treatment from physio Nitin Patel. He is getting his right wrist bandaged. Meanwhile, the 100-run partnership comes up.

IND 415/6 in 100 overs: The pitch has been favouring the batter, with the new, hard ball coming on quite nicely since the start of play on Day 2. India will mostly be looking to make full use of the track until at least Tea is taken. Jadeja goes after Fernando in the 97th over, hammering two fours to bring up India’s 400.

IND 387/6 in 95 overs: The fifty-run partnership is up between Jadeja and Ashwin off 76 balls. It is their second half-century stand.

IND 372/6 in 90 overs: The cricketing world is still in a state of shock. The players make their way to the middle after observing a minute silence to mourn the passing away of legends Rodney Marsh and Shane Warne on Friday.

Jadeja scores an 88-ball fifty to stamp his class. Out comes the sword celebration as well. While Ashwin looks to be happy to pass on strike to Jadeja, the latter is occasionally finding the boundaries.

Injury update: Lahiru Kumara out for at least a couple of weeks due to a hamstring tear.

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PLAYING 11

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Lahiru Kumara, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando

TOSS

India opts to bat

DAY 1 MATCH REPORT

Rishabh Pant’s captivating innings of 96 gives India the upper hand after top-order batters fail to convert their starts. Read the full report.

Rishabh Pant in action on Friday.   –  Sportzpics for BCCI

PITCH REPORT

“Day 1 belonged to the batters. It is a chilly morning that helps the pitch to hold it together. Looked like a really good batting surface yesterday, India made full use of it. You’d have to think it will turn more on day 2. There are enough bare patches on the pitch. Still looks like a good pitch to bat on,” reckon Deep Dasgupta and Ajit Agarkar.

TEAMS (from)

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hanuma Vihari, S. Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Saurabh Kumar, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami.

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Dhananjaya de Silva (vc), Angelo Mathews, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Lahiru Kumara, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera, Jeffrey Vandersay.