Ind vs SL: Rohit Sharma told this player the attraction of the match, not Ashwin

New Delhi, Online Desk. India won the Mohali Test by an innings and 222 runs. Rohit Sharma told this player the attraction of the match Batting first, India declared the innings at 574 for the loss of 8 wickets. In reply, Sri Lanka’s first innings reduced to 174 runs. India forced the team to play the follow-on and the team could not do much in the second innings as well and were all out after scoring 178 runs. In this way, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series.

This was Virat Kohli’s 100th Test match. In this match, Kohli played an innings of 45 runs and completed his 8,000 runs. Apart from this, Ashwin also surpassed Kapil Dev’s record of 434 wickets in this match.

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What did captain Rohit Sharma say after the match

After winning the match, captain Rohit Sharma said that it is a good start. We did whatever field we wanted to do well. To be honest, we did not think that this Test match would be over in three days. It was a good pitch to bat on. Plus it had some turn and help for the fast bowlers.

The credit goes to the bowlers who never let the Sri Lankan batsmen play freely. We were just trying to keep pressure on him from both sides. This is a good sign for the Indian team where there have been a lot of performances. It a historic Test match for Virat and we wanted to win it. Ravindra Jadeja was the highlight of the match. Let us tell you that Jadeja not only scored an unbeaten 175 in this match but also took 9 wickets.

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The second and last Test match of the series will be in Bengaluru on March 12. It will be a day-night test match. By winning this match, the Indian team would like to do a clean sweep against Sri Lanka in the Test after T20.