Then at the Scarborough Festival, still the butt of Yorkshire venom, he responded in the best way possible by scoring two centuries. Always the fighter he put behind him the disappointment of not playing in the fifth Test, and at Hastings scored his highest innings of 228 not out. He did play out time in the second innings, upon instructions, to remain unbeaten on 23, but again the Yorkshire crowd thought he should have gone for victory. Fletcher spilled three half chances at third slip and was caught at the wicket for a duck, in the first innings. His Test debut was not a happy occasion played in trying circumstances as the Yorkshire supporters vented their venom on him for the exclusion of Yorkshire batsman Phil Sharpe, who they had expected to play. Following an unbeaten century at Bath and two good innings against Surrey and Middlesex, he was selected by England for the fourth Test, at Headingley versus Australia.
India XI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav.1968 1968, his seventh season in first-class cricket, saw Fletcher move his career forward significantly. Virat Kohli, who is playing in his 100th Test, also looked comfortable during his stay at the crease, before Lasith Embuldeniya castled him on 45. For Sri Lanka, Suranga Lakmal, Vishwa Fernando and Lasith Embuldeniya took two wickets eachi.
On Day 1, Rishabh Pant scored a whirlwind 96 off just 97 balls after Hanuma Vihari had played a steady knock of 58. 7, India were 357 for 6 at stumps on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test.
Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 175 as India declared their first innings for a mammoth total of 574 for 8 in the first innings. This was Jadeja's career-best score, and also the highest by an Indian player batting at no. For India, Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets while Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah picked up a wicket each. At stumps, Sri Lanka were 108/4, and trail India by 466 runs. IND vs SL, 1st Test, Day 2 Highlights: Sri Lanka find themselves in all sorts of trouble at stumps on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
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