In front of Sri Lanka, the West Indies team could not perform well in the opening Test match (SL vs WI 1st Test) of the 2-match series and in its first innings, 6 wickets fell till the second day itself. Sri Lanka scored 386 runs in their first innings, after which half of the West Indies team returned to the pavilion till the score of 86 runs. The Windies team, captained by Craig Brathwaite, scored 113 runs for the loss of 6 wickets till the end of the second day's play. Right now he is 273 runs behind Sri Lanka based on the first innings. At stumps, Kyle Meyers 22, and Jason Holder were at the crease after scoring 1 run.
Sri Lanka's Ramesh Mendis first test of the series strong performance and took 3 wickets out of 6 wickets. He showed Craig Brathwaite (41), Shai Hope (10), and Roston Chase (2) the way to the pavilion. Praveen Jayavikrama took 2 wickets while Lasith Ambuldeniya, playing the 12th Test match of his career, took 1 wicket.
Earlier, West Indies, led by off-spinner Roston Chase (5 for 83), made a comeback on the second day of this Test match and bundled out Sri Lanka's first innings for 386 runs. Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican took three wickets for 87 runs for the West Indies. Sri Lanka started the day with 267 runs for three wickets. At that time captain, Dimuth Karunaratne was on 132 and Dhananjay D'Silva was on 56.
DeSilva, however, adding just five runs to his score, was hit wicket by Shannon Gabriel in the seventh over of the day. He shared a 111-run partnership with Karunaratne for the fourth wicket. Shortly after this, Chase ended his 147-run innings by getting Karunaratne stumped. Karunaratne hit 15 fours in his 300-ball innings. Experienced wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Chandimal played an innings of 45 runs in 83 balls, partnering with the tail batsmen to take the score beyond 360 runs.
Lasith Embuldeniya (17) and Praneev Jayawickrama (8*) added 25 runs for the last wicket as Sri Lanka scored 386 runs in the first innings. Younger debutant Jeremy Solozano was ruled out of the match due to a 'concussion' on the first day of the match on Sunday after the ball hit his helmet while fielding at short leg. Shai Hope has been included in the West Indies team in his place.
