India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India, 2022 - CommentaryIND vs SL, 2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India, 2022 - Commentary

Sumit: That's a splendid knock by Dimuth Karunaratne, Leading from front. Determination, endurance and class written all over it, a top display of high quality batting.

MAYURESH JOSHI: In the current WTC cycle, the real test for India will be the last Test match against England and the 4-Test Match series against Australia. Looking at the performance of Australia in Pakistan, it is going to be one heck of a series

raj: Meanwhile congratulations to Shreyas Iyer on becoming the ICC Player of the Month for February. He is having a great time.

Madhav: The pitch doesn't seem that bowling friendly today. Is that the case or are the Sri Lankan batters playing well? 'A bit of both'

Shashank: Don't mean to jinx it but I hope Sri Lanka can pull this off. It would be a great advertisement for Test Cricket and would prove that Test cricket is all about having self belief.

NK Karthee: Second innings specialist comes out after a long time.

Maestro Manohar: This pitch is difficult to bat on, but certainly not a minefield by any means. You just have to play on the merit of the ball, like Shreyas and Pant in both the innings, and now Kusal.

Deepak Surana: Contrary to traditional Indian pitches, this track is getting better as the match is progressing. Not a bad pitch at all. Will be surprised if ICC penalizes this track.

Harsha Bhogle: Sri Lanka have been refreshingly positive this morning. Good attitude

Mrudul: What about the pitch? Is it turning? 'There's turn and bounce, but it seems to have become a better batting track after the first session on Day 1'

Vishal: Aggression is the best defence - SL batters seem to have taken it seriously

Viswas: Good to see Sri Lanka play some positive cricket. Looking forward for some fight

Abinash Das: Sri Lanka need to negotiate an extremely tricky period under the lights now. India has a great opportunity to chip in with 2-3 quick wickets.

Abinash Das: Looking forward to some fireworks from Axar as he is really capable of hitting shots.

AR: Like players, umpires to have to adjust with the movement of pink ball, so we must give benefit of doubt to umpires for having so many decisions overturned in this Test match. With time, they will adjust with pink ball deviation and under light umpiring.

Manohar: Very unfamiliar to see so many decisions of Nitin Menon getting reversed..

Shivansh Arora: To everyone saying India should bat till the end of day 3, don't think this is a pitch where India could bat more than 140 overs .

Aniket Padewar: We have already started seeing the difference No. 3 and No. 5 is making for INDIA. Keep Going Vihari and Iyer!!

Tobin: I don't think India need to consider declaration at any point. It'll be best if India can use this opportunity to test their batting depth and would be commendable if they can bat till the end of day 3.

kartik s: This is just the 2nd day, I don't think Indians thinking of declaring at all. They will play as long they can, try to declare only on the 4th day. -- "4th day? It is going to be a tough task for the last 5 batters to bat more than a whole day."

Vishal Sankrit: It looks like Iyer is playing on a different pitch altogether, it’s his technique, form and intent together which makes it look so easy. The key to score runs on this pitch has been positive intent.

Santhosh V: We criticize Pant for these types of shots in overseas conditions and praise him for the same, at home. Anyways, great knock, champ!

Jay Vihirkar: Rishabh plays cricket at home on a totally different level. His consistency has been phenomenal. Hope he continues this in overseas conditions

Shashank: Can Virat just go back to domestic cricket to rediscover himself. It would be helpful to stay away from the public eye and rework on his skills and come back like a beast. Hope someone makes him understand that. It is too sad to see him like this.

Rohan Kuduchkar: The wait just gets longer! Look like '71' is the new magic figure for all the Virat Kohli fans worldwide. Every time he steps out, he brings in the hope. Speaks volumes about his class.

Samyak: The unwanted has happened. Virat's test average is now 49.96!

Rahul: Jayawickrama, surprisingly, is bowling better while being injured.

Vibhu: Vihari looks very settled at no.3 . Hopefully he can utilise this run and take his career a notch higher.

Adarsh: Seeing Rohit trying to sweep shows how he can mould himself in different situations. -- "Rohit plays the sweep well and it was very evident in the home series against England."

KuSh: How's the pitch playing today? 'It looks to have settled a bit, less spin on offer'

Chris: SL have not looked competitive due to the failure of their best batter, their captain Dimuth. No one else including Mathews has done better than him in this team recently. His poor record in India does not help either. Even his sole 50 here had a drop catch in it.

Subhrajyoti: Ideally, IND should bat the whole day today and declare before the evening session tomorrow.

Rahul: Sri Lanka have been missing that spark in the entire series. Yes, they were never going to compete with this side in home conditions but still they have had to show some fight.

Harsha Bhogle: Disappointing start for Sri Lanka this afternoon but this highlights once again just how good this Indian bowling attack is in all conditions.

Vatsal: Just entered the stadium here in Bangalore and the folks seated next to me are discussing the process to get refund for day 3 tickets! -- "Don't think the game will be over today as India will have to bat and set a score for Sri Lanka."

Rahul: Mathews can't be appreciated enough for how he has kept the innings going. Sri Lanka would have probably been all out by now without him.

Aditya: Would love seeing Bumrah back for a short spell before the end of play. -- "Here you go"

Yogesh: Suddenly there is no demons on the pitch as compared to Indian innings..

Sourabh Acharya: @Gautam Also, DDS is not the tallest man around!

Gautam: That was definitely going over stumps as DDS was on his toes and ball also hit above his knees. 'He was deep in the crease though and that meant the ball didn't have to go a long way'

Shravan Kumar: Woah... Lights on, Pink ball, 100% crowd, two best seam bowlers in the world on fire!! It's fascinating to see

Subhrajyoti: So much hype about the spin trio on this pitch and here, we have SL batters failing against IND seamers. 'The ball is doing its bit under the lights'

Ameen: Embuldeniya and Jayawickrama have conceded much more than they would have liked on this pitch. If not for those bad balls, they could have restricted India to a sub 180 total.

Vianney: I am really impressed with body language of Iyer. Not worried about the pitch and playing each ball according to its merit.

Dhruvil Modi: The way Iyer is playing, he has shown excellent level of maturity and presence of mind.

Bhavya Shah: Things are always impossible, right up until they are not and Iyer just proving this.

Harish: I think Iyer's 50 is = 100

Justin: Shreyas setting a good example of how to bat on this pitch, mix of defence and attack. Proving why he is the KKR Captain. Captain for a reason

Harsha Bhogle: Fine counter-attacking innings from Shreyas Iyer. Both Pant and Iyer have messed with the lengths of the Sri Lankan players. Over 4/over on this track is extraordinary.

Mithlesh: Shreyas Iyer gives so much positivity to the team. That's why we need a balance of old and young players in a squad!

Sriram M S: Shouldn't be too critical on Nitin Menon today. The pitch is misbehaving like crazy and any umpire gotta have a Hawk-Eye to make right decisions. Advent of technology has made life really miserable for umpires these days. God bless them!

Dheeraj: Different Thought: Having this type of pitch at least doesn't give you the toss advantage.

Gaurav Singh: Rank turner in Bangalore and Road in Karachi - 'It's still Day 1 in both Tests'

NITIN MODI: This pitch reminds the pitch of Ahmedabad of India-England Series played last year in India

Subhrajyoti: Few demerit points are on their way to Bengaluru and have already boarded the Emirates flight from Dubai. Literally, this pitch is behaving like an nth-day pitch on day one (n tends to infinity). 'It's turning, but hasn't been dangerous as yet'

Vibhor: The pitch is looking extremely difficult to bat. Looks like any ball could have your name on.

Priyanka Dwivedi: This is such poor endorsement of Test cricket & ICC should be much harsher on these types of pitches. I can't believe that it's just Day 1, Session 1! 'It's a test of the batter's skills, but probably doing a tad too much for a Day 1 pitch'

Dishant: Amazed by the self-confidence of Hanuma Vihari to see him playing the drives on such a turning ball

Adarsh: On a pitch where things are just going to get difficult from a point, I think it would be a good idea to keep the runs coming because wickets may fall in clusters and no team would want that without having runs on the board. -- "Looks like that was the message during the drinks break."

Gowtham Chintalapati: Ashwin might be enjoying somewhere out there in the dressing room. Tailor made pitch.

Shammi Sadwal: Lakmal has been bowler which any team will like to have in there squad, his stats would have been on different level if he would have played more when Sri Lanka was team to beat. Kudos on great career.

Sahan: As a Sri Lankan, would've loved to see Lakmal retire at home but anyway a splendid career he has had

Akash Shukla: Dickwella first reviewed for referral and than clipped the bails for run-out. Isn't the rule that when a review is taken the ball is dead. 'Would have been a dead ball, if he was the captain'

AKM: Bumrah said in PC that Kuldeep was given a break from bubble as he is not expected to get a chance. But all this while, India has kept Siraj in the squad and he has played just one T20I that too when he is in the form of his life. Should have given him a break if they were not going to use him. 'They perhaps wanted to have an additional seamer around, just in case'

Rajesh Pothukuchi: Axar's inclusion into the XI and him coming at No.9 makes it even more tougher for an opposition mentally to run through this Indian lineup after losing the toss

Archit Gupta: I think India should try Priyank Panchal in place of Mayank Agarwal as Priyank as shown good performance in domestic circuit. 'And what has Mayank done wrong to get dropped'?

Priyansh Kulshreshtha: I think Jayant Yadav must focus more on his batting because as a bowler he will hardly find a permanent place in the playing XI

Chris: Is Chameera supposed to be injured? 'He isn't, but he's preserved for the white-ball matches, with an eye on the upcoming T20 World Cup. Should play Test cricket after that'

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