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Indian skipper Rohit Sharma plays a shot on day one of the first test match (ANI Photo) Axar Patel

I was cheering the great @therealka- plays.” went past Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 and then for the team as well, play a
pildev on to get his world record tally “He’s very hungry... as you can Test wickets to become India’s sec- crucial innings and got us a big part-
of wickets. I never had the slightest see that hunger drives athletes to ond-highest wicket-taker in the lon- nership there with Jadeja. Every time
of ideas that I would become an off move forward and I see that in Jadeja gest format of the game. I see him, he seems to get better and
spinner, play for my country and clearly. He’s quite hungry for success, “It’s a big thing in his cricketing better,” he added.
even manage to go past the great quite hungry to get runs and do well career to achieve that feat. When This match will be remembered
mans tally of wickets. I am delighted for the team,” said Rohit Sharma in you grow up wanting to play Test for a lot of reasons - primarily being Vi-
and very grateful to what this game the virtual post-match press confer- cricket, you don’t dream about all rat Kohli’s 100th Test but while Kohli
has given me so far,” Ashwin wrote ence on Sunday. these things. To surpass that, it’s a big could get only 45 runs to his name,
on Instagram. The victory gives India 12 crucial achievement on his behalf.” it was Jadeja and Ashwin, who shone
Charith Asalanka became Ash- points in the ICC World Test Cham- “I have been watching Ashwin with both bat and ball to hand India
win’s 435th Test scalp. Earlier on Day pionship keeping them at No.5 in the for a long time now and every time a commanding victory inside three
3, Ashwin had equalled Kapil Dev’s table while Sri Lanka slip to No.3 I watch him, he seems to get better days. They dominated on all three
tally. Anil Kumble is India’s highest with a loss. The hosts have also taken and better. Ashwin is one of those days, in all departments as Sri Lanka
wicket-taker in Tests with 619 scalps. a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. kinds of players where confidence is failed to get a session to themselves.
Sri Lanka batters were disap- Sharma also lauded Ravichan- always there in his abilities. What-
pointed with the bat in the entire dran Ashwin after veteran spinner ever he wants to achieve for himself axar PateL added to
Test, scoring just 174 and 178 in the HoStS’ Squad for 2nd teSt,
match. No batter showed any sort of
grit with the bat and this resulted in kuLdeeP reLeaSed
the Islanders suffering a mammoth The All-India Senior Selection
defeat. Committee has added Axar Patel
to India’s squad for the second Test
JadeJa uPPing HiS game against Sri Lanka to be played from
eVery time, SayS roHit March 12-16 in Bengaluru.
“The all-rounder has completed
SHarma his rehab and has been cleared by
India captain Rohit Sharma the BCCI Medical Team,” stated an
said Ravindra Jadeja is upping his official release. Kuldeep Yadav has
game every time after star all-round- been released from the squad for the
er helped India to gain a 1-0 lead second Test.
against Sri Lanka in the Test series India had won the first Test
here in Mohali. against Sri Lanka by an innings and
An all-round performance from 222 runs. Ravindra Jadeja was ad-
Ravindra Jadeja (175 runs and 9 judged as Player of the Match. Jade-
wickets) and R Ashwin (61 runs and ja had scored an unbeaten 175 in the
6 wickets) helped India register a re- first innings and then he went on to
sounding win in the first Test by an take nine wickets in the game.
innings and 222 runs. “He’s one of India’s squad for the second
the top. Look at the performances: Test: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Pri-
to get 175 not out and then take nine yank Panchal, Mayank Agarwal, Vi-
wickets in the game; he’s just upping rat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vi-
his game every time you see him. In hari, Shubhman Gill, Rishabh Pant
the past when we played in India, his (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat, Ravin-
contribution with the bat lower down dra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, R. Ash-
the order and taking those crucial Ravindra Jadeja shows the ball after taking a 5-wicket haul on the 3rd day of the first test win, Saurabh Kumar, Mohd. Siraj,
wickets, he just seems to be adding a match between India and Sri Lanka, at PCA Stadium, in Mohali (ANI Photo) Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Jasprit
lot more to his game every time he Bumrah (vice-captain), Axar Patel.

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