IND vs SL 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: On the second day of the second Test being played between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, Team India further strengthened its hold on the match. India declared its first innings at the score of 503/9 on the basis of Dhruv Jurel's brilliant unbeaten century and the collective performance of the batsmen. In response, the Indian bowlers also gave two early blows to Sri Lanka before the end of the day's play. At stumps, the hosts' score was 8/2 and they trailed India by 495 runs.
Jurel scored a brilliant century
The biggest attraction of India's innings on the second day was Dhruv Jurel's batting. Batting with patience under pressure, he scored unbeaten 115 runs on 177 balls. His innings included 9 fours and 2 sixes. This is the second century of Jurel's Test career.
Jurel started the day with Rishabh Pant. Pant retired hurt after getting injured on the first day, but came out to bat again on the second day and played an important inning of 63 runs. There was a partnership of 112 runs between the two for the seventh wicket, which played an important role in taking India towards a strong score.
Rishabh Pant also played a brilliant innings
Rishabh Pant batted in his own style despite the injury. He faced 89 balls and scored 63 runs, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. Pant and Jurel's partnership strengthened India's innings at a time when the team needed significant contributions from the lower order.
After Pant's dismissal, Jurel kept the innings under control and along with the lower order batsmen took India beyond 500. The game was interrupted due to rain, but Jurel completed his century after returning to the field.
Padikkal's second consecutive century
Devdutt Padikkal's performance in India's first innings was also very special. He scored 117 runs on 193 balls. Padikkal's innings on the first day of the match included 12 fours. The special thing is that he has scored a century in the second consecutive Test of the series.
Apart from this, captain Shubhman Gill scored 50 runs, while Yashasvi Jaiswal contributed 45 runs and Ravindra Jadeja contributed 43 runs. KL Rahul was out after scoring 18 runs and Manav Suthar was out after scoring 18 runs. India's innings reached 503/9 in 138 overs, after which captain Gill decided to declare the innings.
Indian bowlers also gave a strong blow
After the batsmen, the Indian bowlers also started their work. India gave Sri Lanka a chance to play only three overs and during this they lost two wickets.
Prasidh Krishna dismissed Lahiru Udara on the score of just 1 run. After this, Manav Suthar achieved second success and sent Prabhat Jayasuriya to the pavilion for 2 runs. Till the end of the day's play, Kamil Mishara was unbeaten on 5 runs.
In this way, Sri Lanka scored 8/2 in 3 overs and remained 495 runs behind India. With such a big margin, the first challenge before Sri Lanka will be to handle the innings and overcome the pressure of the Indian bowlers.
Strong position for India, 1-0 lead in the series
India is already 1-0 ahead in the two-match Test series between the two teams. In the first test played in Galle, Team India won by 165 runs. In such a situation, India's position looks strong till the end of the second day in the Colombo Test.
On the second day, India made a big score with the first bat and then put pressure on the match by taking two quick wickets of Sri Lanka. Now on the third day, the Indian team will try to wrap up the Sri Lankan batting as soon as possible and take a big lead in the first innings.