{"id":22728,"date":"2015-08-14T06:26:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T06:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=22728"},"modified":"2015-08-14T06:26:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T06:26:57","slug":"dhawan-kohli-and-spinners-put-india-in-driver-s-seat-against-sri-lanka-in-first-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=22728","title":{"rendered":"Dhawan, Kohli and spinners put India in driver\u2019s seat against Sri Lanka in first Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-22134\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shikhar-Dhawan-Test.jpg\" alt=\"Shikhar Dhawan Test\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" width=\"260\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shikhar-Dhawan-Test.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shikhar-Dhawan-Test-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Galle: Fantastic centuries by Shikhar Dhawan (134) and skipper Virat Kohli (103) helped India move from their overnight total of 128\/2 to 375 all out giving India a lead of 192 runs against Sri Lanka in the first innings of the first Test being played at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the Indian spinners struck early, removing both the Sri Lankan openers as the hosts slipped to 5\/2 from four overs in their second knock. R. Ashwin, who opened the bowling after taking six wickets in the first innings, bowled Dimuth Karunaratne with his fifth delivery, while Amit Mishra bowled out Kaushal Silva for no score to put India in driver&rsquo;s seat.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Delhi batsman Dhawan scored his fourth Test century and the second in succession after making 173 against Bangladesh in June, and skipper Kohli returned to form with 103. The pair put on 227 runs for the third wicket in a fine partnership after India were reduced to 28\/2 after tea on the first day.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sri Lanka hit back with four quick wickets to make it 302\/6. Wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha showed some resistance and scored 60.<br \/>Off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal finished with five for 134, while seamer Nuwan Pradeep took 3\/98.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-22134\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shikhar-Dhawan-Test.jpg\" alt=\"Shikhar Dhawan Test\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" width=\"260\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shikhar-Dhawan-Test.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shikhar-Dhawan-Test-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Galle: Fantastic centuries by Shikhar Dhawan (134) and skipper Virat Kohli (103) helped India move from their overnight total of 128\/2 to 375 all out giving India a lead of 192 runs against Sri Lanka in the first innings of the first Test being played at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the Indian spinners struck early, removing both the Sri Lankan openers as the hosts slipped to 5\/2 from four overs in their second knock. 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Ashwin, who opened the bowling after taking six wickets in the first innings, bowled Dimuth Karunaratne with his fifth delivery, while Amit Mishra bowled out Kaushal Silva for no score to put India in driver&rsquo;s seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dhawan, Kohli and spinners put India in driver\u2019s seat against Sri Lanka in first Test - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=22728\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dhawan, Kohli and spinners put India in driver\u2019s seat against Sri Lanka in first Test - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Galle: Fantastic centuries by Shikhar Dhawan (134) and skipper Virat Kohli (103) helped India move from their overnight total of 128\/2 to 375 all out giving India a lead of 192 runs against Sri Lanka in the first innings of the first Test being played at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday.Later, the Indian spinners struck early, removing both the Sri Lankan openers as the hosts slipped to 5\/2 from four overs in their second knock. 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