Sri Lanka seems to be in deep trouble against India on Day 1 of the final Test match of the two-match series at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. They were reduced to 16/3 in six overs after India posted a decent score of 252 in their first innings. India’s fiery fast bowler, Mohammed Shami started his spell magnificently by dismissing, the Lankan skipper, Dimuth Karunaratne.
Mohammed Shami came into the attack in the sixth over and managed to churn out a peach of delivery after coming round the wicket to the Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne. They nipped back sharply from outside the off-stump and it breached the gap between bat and pad and cleaned up Dimuth Karunaratne. The Sri Lankan skipper strode forward to defend, but eventually missed the line before the ball rattled the stumps.
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Earlier, Shami’s fast bowling, partner Jasprit Bumrah took the earlier wickets, and now, with Shami’s reward, Sri Lanka were left reeling at 16/3. They are still 202 runs behind after 17 overs of their innings as Shami got another Sri Lankan wicket. It would be more than difficult for Sri Lanka to regain the control of the match, especially from this stage.
Here is the video of Mohammed Shami dismissing Dimuth Karunaratne:
https://twitter.com/rishobpuant/status/1502646228487655425?s=20&t=Ii2g9I2LkfNnqCFIwWX20g
India Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma (c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
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Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama
Here are how the Indian fans react to Mohammed Shami dismissing Karunaratne:
It seems Bumrah and Shami are out of syllabus for the Lankans 😅 #AskStar @StarSportsIndia #INDvsSL
— Surabh Shah (@Surabh21) March 12, 2022
Karunaratne also gone
Our pacers on fire 🔥, an absolute 💯 peach of a delivery from Shami there! 👌😌
— Arnav (@cricketArnav) March 12, 2022
Shami was so charged up to bowl, took wicket on his very first delivery 😂
— ye/woh (@Roebelious) March 12, 2022
An absolute peach of a delivery from Shami to get rid of the Lankan captain. Looks like India is rushing to finish things before the 3rd day! 😂#INDvsSL
— Joel 💭 (@joelwazza10) March 12, 2022
Shami what a delivery 😯
— ️️ ͏ (@S77691) March 12, 2022
https://twitter.com/abhimanyusrt/status/1502646172703686656?s=20&t=fiyRiwWrruQrT_sHspxSBQ
https://twitter.com/kindyorker/status/1502646131851165702?s=20&t=Ocxmnj1sBMFDD1GW9oPzrw
That was just stunning from Shami.
My goodness, what a sensational delivery to get rid of Dimuth Karunaratne.#INDvSL— Akshat (@Akshat_Cricket) March 12, 2022
Shami strikes
INDIA on fire🔥🔥🔥#INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/Zb55WOVQ2M— Abhishek (@Abhishek_1090) March 12, 2022
