Sri Lanka vs India 2017, 3rd Test: Day 2, 5 talking points

#2 Mohammed Shami’s fiery spell

Mohammed Shami bowled a fiery spell with the new ball

The Bengal pacer was in great rhythm during his first spell of the innings. He ran in and troubled both the openers, though there was very little assistance from the surface.

The quickie first got rid of Upul Tharanga as he had the Sri Lankan opener pushing for a delivery that was outside off stump. In his very next over, he got the other opener with a similar kind of delivery which took the outside edge and just about carried to Saha behind the wickets.

While the ever impressive Umesh Yadav was struggling to get his line right, Shami stepped up and gave India the initial breakthroughs. The hosts couldn’t really handle the extra pace that Shami had.