Vihari Scores 50 On Test Debut, Joins Ganguly, Dravid In This Elite List

 Vihari Scores 50 On Test Debut, Joins Ganguly, Dravid In This Elite List

Hanuma Vihari defended her selection by putting the half-century in her Test match for the fifth and final Test against England. The selection of Hanuma Vihari in the game Eleven in front of Karun Nair was greatly criticized but the beginner broke all the pressures and stood on expectations. Based on his first Test fifty, he became the fourth Indian to score more than fifty in the first innings of the Test in England. The other three Indians in the field are Rossi Modi (57 * in 1946), Sourav Ganguly (131 in 1996) and Rahul Dravid (95 in 1996).

 Vihari Scores 50 On Test Debut, Joins Ganguly, Dravid In This Elite List

During the middle, Vihari played 124 balls, in which he hit seven fours and a six from Ben Stokes on Day 2.Wihri shared a 77-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja to keep the Indian innings steady and disappoint English bowlers.However, Moin Ali defeated Vihari for 56 runs in the morning session on the third day and provided the hosts with much-needed breakthroughs.Moin Ali bowled a fast bowling which came back in the right-hand batsmen, which forced the Vihari to move forward in defense. The ball took an unconscious step because Johnny Bairstow grabbed the back of the stump.In addition, Vihari became the 26th Indian player to score more than fifty in the first innings, when he scored a single from Ben Stokes in the 71st over.He was the last Indian hardik Pandya who scored 50 runs in Galle in July 2017In sixty three excellent matches, Vihari has scored five,142 runs at a median of fifty nine.79. His name is 15 centuries and 24 half-centuries, with the highest score of 302 *.At lunch on day 3, India was 240/7, in which Ravindra Jadeja and Ishant Sharma left behind the strike and England by 92 runs.