As soon as Shami was given the ball, he excelled on the team's expectations and on the very first ball of his spell, the 31-year old right-arm fast-medium Indian clean bowled Dimuth Karunaratne. The Sri Lankan captain was left clueless as he was beaten by pace, Shami came around the wicket, pitched the delivery on the seam and the ball nipped in to dislodge the top of off-stump.
While talking about the match, after opting to opt first India managed to post 252 in the first innings with Shreyas Iyer (92) as the top scorer. While Indian pacer gave India a good start in the second innings, picking up 6 Lankan wickets at Stumps on Day 1.
