The free-flowing willow of Rishabh Pant put India on the ascendancy on day one of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium here on Friday.
At multiple points during the day, India had looked like taking the upper hand, only for the contest to be reset through timely wickets from the visitors. But Pant’s belligerent 97-ball 96 (9x4, 4x6) transformed the match situation, leaving the host at a healthy 357 for six on a wicket that took turn pretty early.
