India dismiss Sri Lanka for 109 on day 2 of second Test
Jasprit Bumrah takes his 1st test five-wicket haul in India
Bengaluru, Mar 13: India tightened their noose around the Sri Lankans by bundling them for just 109 runs and then extended their overall lead to 204 by reaching 61 for one at tea on the second day of the second Test, here on Sunday.
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah completed his eighth five-wicket haul in Test cricket, also his first at home, as India polished off the Sri Lankan lower-order in a jiffy.
Sri Lanka resumed at 86 for six and India required less than 30 minutes to wrap their innings for a huge 143-run first innings lead.
Bumrah (5/24) and off-spinner R Ashwin (2/30) scalped two batters each as Sri Lanka's shoddy display continued.
India skipper Rohit Sharma (30 batting) and Mayank Agarwal (22) added 42 runs before the latter edged one from left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya towards gully.
Embuldeniya got the ball to turn away from good length and the edge from Agarwal's bat was taken by Dhananjaya de Silva.
Rohit, who largely played on the front foot and confidently swept and reverse swept the spinners, took some time to settle before going for his measured shots. At the break, Hanuma Vihari (8) was giving him company.
At the start of the day, stumper batter Niroshan Dickwella (21) started off with consecutive boundaries off Bumrah. He opened the face of the bat to gently place the ball between the gaps.
Ashwin expectedly bowled from the other end and troubled Embuldeniya (1) straight away, his balls turning from the rough.
Embuldeniya could not handle a short one from Bumrah, miscuing a pull to be caught by Rishabh Pant. That was an irresponsible shot under the circumstances.
Surnaga Lakmal showed intent to stay at the wicket but could not read a carrom ball from Ashwin and saw his timber disturbed. This was immediately after he lofted one over mid-on for a boundary.
Bumrah completed his five-wicket haul when he had Dickwella caught behind. The short ball jumped off the track, touched the shoulder of the bat before going into Pant's gloves.
Vishwa Fernando went after Ashwin in the next over but was soon deceived by another carrom ball and was stumped by Pant as the batter had lunged forward.
Brief Scores:
India 1st innings: 252 in 59.1 overs
Sri Lanka 1st innings: 109 all out in 35.5 overs (Angelo Mathews 43; Jasprit Bumrah 5/24).
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Anil Ambani appears before ED in money laundering case
New Delhi (PTI): Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here for a second round of questioning in connection with an alleged bank fraud-linked money laundering case.
The 66-year-old businessman entered the federal probe agency's office in central Delhi around 10.30 am.
Officials in the agency said they will record his statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He was first questioned by the ED in August 2025.
The probe pertains to an alleged over Rs 40,000 crore worth bank fraud by his group company, Reliance Communications (RCOM).
Ambani and his multiple group companies are facing allegations of loan fraud, and the ED recently constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe all these instances. The SIT was formed on the recent directions of the Supreme Court.
The ED on Wednesday attached Ambani's Mumbai house, 'Abode', worth Rs 3,716 crore under the anti-money laundering law.
According to information furnished by the ED to the apex court, it has filed three money laundering cases against the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) to investigate charges of bank loan fraud and other financial irregularities.
STORY | Anil Ambani appears before ED in money laundering case
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Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here for a second round of questioning in connection with an alleged bank fraud-linked money laundering case.
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