IND vs SL: Shreyas Iyer Joins Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag In Rare Record After Scoring 92 Against SL In 2nd Test

Indian batter Shreyas Iyer played a determined knock of 92 runs off 98 runs against Sri Lanka on Saturday at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on the first day of the Pink-Ball Day-Night Test affair.

Iyer’s efforts helped India put a sizeable total of 252 in the first innings as the batting of the hosts had stumbled at 126/5 in 33 overs. Iyer smashed 10 boundaries and four sixes in his gritty knock where he displayed a calm and composed character of himself on the pitch.

IND vs SL: Shreyas Iyer made 92 on Day 1 of the pink-ball Test

Just after wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant’s dismissal, Iyer hit three boundaries in an over to Sri Lanka spinner Lasith Embuldeniya in the 35th over. Iyer pressed the accelerator button when he was batting with the tail-enders at the end of the innings, he took risks to clear the ropes for sixes.

Despite getting a reprieve after being dropped by Kusal Mendis off Praveen Jayawickrama’s bowling in the 58th over, Iyer was dismissed by the same bowler as he went down the track to hit a big shot but missed it and Sri Lanka keeper Niroshan Dickwella dislodged the bails from behind the wickets.

Iyer got a rousing ovation from the crowd in the stands as he walked back to the dressing room after his stupendous innings against the pink ball, his first experience playing in the Day-Night Test.

Shreyas Iyer joins Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Vengsarkar in this list

After his dismissal, Iyer became the fourth Indian batter to get stumped out batting in the nineties in Test cricket. The Mumbai batter joined the likes of Dilip Vengsarkar (96 vs PAK, 1987), Sachin Tendulkar (90 vs ENG, 2001) and Virender Sehwag (99 vs SL, 2010).

Iyer made 105 against New Zealand on his Test debut at the Greenpark Stadium in Kanpur in November last year. He added 65 in the second innings in a match that ended in a thrilling draw.

Sri Lanka were reduced to 86/6 with Niroshan Dickwella (13) and Lasith Embuldeniya (0) batting for the visitors at the end of the gameplay on Day 1.

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