India Vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rain Delays Toss At Eden Gardens

India Vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rain Delays Toss At Eden Gardens

Toss delayed due to rains in Kolkata. There has been cloud of doubt hanging over this Test all along due to the showers Kolkata has been experiencing. A good part of Day 1 has now gone with covers and rains being the dominant scenes at Eden Gardens. This is Sri Lanka’s first full tour of India since 2009. The Test series consists of three matches and will be followed by an ODI and T20I series of as many matches. Sri Lanka are yet to win a Test match in India. Moreover, India had pummeled the visitoes when they hosted them earlier in the year. Catch Live score and updates of Day 1 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka here.
India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 1, Live score and updates: 
1229 hrs IST: Inspection at 12:45 PM

1138 hrs IST: Lunch has been taken at Eden Gardens, inspection scheduled at 12:15 PM.
1120 hrs IST: The outfield covers have come off, pitch remains wrapped. It hasn’t been raining for at least 30-45 minutes is what the commentators are saying.
1032 hrs IST: Rains is the only thing happening at the Eden Gardens right now. The players are all in their dressing rooms and there are a few umbrellas around the ground. Untill we get further updates, you may read about why it is that Kolkata is struggling to find context in this match, and indeed the series: For India, little to lose, not much to gain
0953 hrs IST: It seems the ground staff had started taking the covers off but it has started drizzling again so, back they go. There has been a constant rain threat looming over this first Test
0944 hrs IST: As we wait, read about Ajinkya Rahane’s take on workload, his own form and why this series is important to India: If we want to be no 1, every series is important, says Ajinkya Rahane
0857 hrs IST: Toss delayed due to wet outfield. Kolkata has been receiving rains for the past week and the weather forecast says that the showers are not going to die out any time soon. Word from the middle,  however, is that there have not been any rains so far in the day.
Sri Lanka are looking for a Test win in India Eden Gardens under covers after rain in Kolkata. (Express photo by Shamik Chakrabarty)
0843 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Day 1 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka. The two teams couldn’t have looked more different in the run up to the series than this. India have been dominant at home in Test cricket, beating New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh and England. Sri Lanka have had very few bright spots in the seemingly never ending period of transition that they have found themselves caught up in and one of them was a victory in a Test series against Pakistan in the UAE. But that was preceded by a 3-0 hammering they suffered at the hands of India at home and so, them getting anything out of this series would be nothing less than extraordinary.
Courtesy : indianexpress