The Indian cricket team defeated Sri Lanka in the first match of the two-Test series. He won the first Test by an innings and 222 runs to his name. Ravindra Jadeja was the hero of Team India’s victory in this match. Apart from making an unbeaten 175 in the first innings, he took a total of nine wickets in the bowling. He was adjudged man of the match. Jadeja described Mohali as his lucky ground after the match.
This ground has been lucky for me. Whenever I come to this Mohali I do well. When Rishabh Pant was batting, I was watching him comfortably. At that time I was batting with complete patience. I wanted to support them well. I don’t know much about statistics and records.”
Jadeja put the Indian team in a strong position. He first shared a 104-run partnership with Rishabh Pant. After this he added 130 runs with Ravichandran Ashwin and then ended He shared an unbeaten 103-run partnership with Mohammed Shami for the ninth wicket. With this, the team made a strong score of 574 runs for eight wickets. In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 174 runs in the first innings and 178 runs in the second innings.
I am happy with my performance. It feels good when you perform like this. I didn’t do anything different in my batting. Believed in his abilities and just kept moving forward with ease. I try to stay at the crease initially and then shoot. I don’t try to do something different while batting.”
Team India will now play the second test match in Bangalore after Mohali. This match will be played with pink ball i.e. Day-Night Test. Jadeja has played day-night test match so far. Haven’t played. Regarding this, he said that this will be a new challenge. Hopefully something new will happen in that match. The Indian team will play a Day-Night Test match for the third time at home. Earlier, she has played pink ball matches against Bangladesh and England.
