Rampant India corner Sri Lanka in pink-ball Test

Jasprit Bumrah picked up his first five-wicket haul on home soil as India took control of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday with Rishabh Pant smashing the fastest half-century in Test cricket by an Indian batter.

Bumrah claimed 5-24 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for only 109 in their first innings — after resuming Day 2 on 86-6 — conceding a 143-run lead to India’s first-innings 252.

In their second innings, Shreyas Iyer’s second half-century of the match helped India declare at 303-9 in 68.5 overs.

Pant hit 50 off 31 balls as India set Sri Lanka an improbable 447-run target.

At stumps, Sri Lanka were 28-1 after seven overs in their second innings and needing another 419 to win.

In the afternoon session, Sri Lanka didn’t keep India in the field for long with the last four wickets falling for only 14 runs from 21 deliveries.

Lasith Embuldeniya (1) was the first to go, caught pulling off Bumrah.

The pacer then picked up his eighth five-wicket haul in Test cricket when Niroshan Dickwella (21) was caught in the 35th over.

Bumrah’s 5-24 was the best return for a pacer against Sri Lanka, who crashed to their second-lowest total against India in Test cricket.

Ravichandran Ashwin added 2-30 in this afternoon session with Mohammed Shami (2-18) and Axar Patel (1-21) accounting for the other India wickets.

In their second innings, India lost Mayank Agarwal (22) to Embuldeniya, as he nicked a delivery that was turning away. Agarwal and Sharma had put on 42 runs for the first wicket.

After tea, Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 46 runs after putting on 56 runs for the second wicket with Hanuma Vihari (35).

Praveen Jayawickrama overcame injury concerns to pick up 4-78, while Embuldeniya took 3-87.

Jayawickrama bowled Vihari for 35 as India crossed the 100-mark. He also trapped Virat Kohli lbw for 13, who finished yet another season without an international hundred.

Kohli’s poor form stretches back to 18 Tests and his Test batting average (now 49.95) has dipped below 50 for the first time since 2017.

“We have batted well in both innings. I trusted my defence. It is easier to play spin under lights because of dew but it was still challenging,” Vihari said.

India have a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, after winning the Mohali Test by an innings and 222 runs.