BENGALURU: India's batting line-up collapsed in front of Srilankan spin bowling on the first day of the India-Sri Lanka Pink Ball Test. India won the toss and elected to bat, but suffered a setback in the beginning itself. Mayank Agarwal got out with a team score of 10. Captain Rohit Sharma (15), who was playing cautiously, was soon got out. Then the former captain Kohli and Hanuma Vihari started moving the Indian scoreboard slowly.

But Vihari (31) was out before the partnership reached 50. Kohli (23) then returned to the pavilion after adding 10 runs to the team's score . Later, Jadeja and Pant played well together, but Pant (39) and then Jadeja (4) soon went out. Ashwin's resistance (13) also lasted for a while. Akshar Patel (9) and Shami (5) returned quickly. Shreyas Iyer, who batted patiently in the sixth over, scored a half-century. Iyer was at the crease with 82 off 88 balls, including 10 fours and three sixes. Currently, India have scored 215 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 56 overs. For Sri Lanka, Lasith Empuldenia took three wickets for 83 runs while Dhananjaya de Silva took two wickets for 32 runs. Praveen Jayawickrema took two wickets for 80 runs.