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New Delhi: India opener Murali Vijay notched his 11th Test century and then celebrated like Atletico Madrid star forward Antonie Griezmann at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium in the third Test against Sri Lanka. The Tamil Nadu batsman waved his bat to the stadium and later performed the iconic Griezmann move to celebrate his century.
Captain Virat Kohli made a mockery of a sub-par Sri Lanka in the company of centurion Vijay as India raced to 245 for two at tea on the first day of the third and final cricket Test. After tea, Kohli completed his 20th Test century to register his third hundred in the series. After reaching the milestone, Kohli became the first captain to score centuries in each Test of a three-match series.
Vijay reached his personal landmark – 11th in longest version with a back-foot cover drive off chinaman Lakshan Sandakan. He did a little celebratory jig after that.
Two consecutive centuries for @mvj888. This is his 11th Test 💯 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/7igFLIW8ks
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 2, 2017
While the home team scored runs at a fast clip, both Shikhar Dhawan (23) and Cheteshwar Pujara (23) would certainly be lamenting the missed chance on one of the flattest decks on offer.
Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal was spot on in his assessment of the track as it was another typical low bounce batting paradise at Kotla, where Vijay made merry from the word go after Kohli rightly opted to bat.
Vijay started with a streaky four past gully off Suranga Lakmal followed by one off his hips. In the next over from Lahiru Gamage, there was a firm jab past the bowler that went to the boundary. Vijay hit seven boundaries during that first session.
Dhawan started with a cover drive and hit three more boundaries before he top-edged a sweep shot off Perera to be caught at deep backward square leg by Lakmal, who lost his footwear in the process. This was Dilruwan?s 100th Test wicket.
Pujara was as watchful as he had been all these years before unleashing his range of strokes with the visiting team’s bowling attack looking sub-standard.
However, he fell to a trap when Chandimal deployed a leg slip for Pujara and Gamage fired one into his body. Pujara tried to whip it off his hips but Sadeera Samarawickrama was positioned exactly for that catch.
However, there was no stopping Vijay, who treated all bowlers with equal disdain. He hit a flowing cover drive off Gamage and then flicked him through the vacant mid-wicket region for another boundary.
(With agencies inputs)
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