Indian pacer Mohammad Shami picked the important wicket of Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne as the opposition continued to struggle against the hosts in their second innings after being asked to follow-on on day three of the first Test in Mohali.
Sri Lanka managed just 174 in their first innings, as Ravindra Jadeja followed his 175*-run knock with a sublime piece of bowling, taking 5/41. Rohit Sharma didn’t think twice and asked Dimuth Karunaratne to follow on with a lead of 400 runs.
While R Ashwin gave India the first wicket, removing Lahiru Thirimanne for 17, Mohammad Shami was the one who picked the important wicket of the opposition skipper.
Sri Lanka skipper walked back to the pavilion after scoring just 27 runs off 46 balls, including 6 fours, when the visitors were struggling against the hosts’ bowling unit.
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In the 16th over of Sri Lanka’s second innings, Shami delivered a terrific delivery pitching on a length on an off-stump and the Sri Lanka skipper was looking to push the ball towards mid-on but the ball took the thick edge and went towards the wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant. Pant dived to pouch the ball safely.
As the Indian team gathered around Shami to celebrate the wicket, Ravichandran Ashwin was seen hilariously playing the tabla on speedster Mohammed Shami’s head.
Here is the video of this hilarious moment:
Sri Lanka further slipped to 130/7 at the time of writing this piece with Jadeja adding three more scalps to his fifer in the first innings.
