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Colombo Test: India better Sri Lanka by outrageous domain of innings and 53 runs
- Updated: August 7, 2017
Pujara, Kohli and Jadeja. Pic/ AFP
India buried Sri Lanka underneath a towering of runs as they cantered to a extensive innings and 53-run feat in a second Test, holding an irrefutable 2-0 lead in a three-match array here today.
The hosts, who put adult their best batting uncover in a array so distant were all-out for 386 in a second innings notwithstanding twin centuries from opener Dimuth Karunaratne (141) and No 3 Kusal Mendis (110).
Ravindra Jadeja (5/152 in 39 overs), after an indifferent final dual sessions on a third day, found his stroke and some-more importantly length behind to inflict a limit damage.
Once Karunaratne and former skipper Angelo Mathews (36) were discharged by Jadeja within a space of 5 runs from any other, it was usually a matter of time before India clinched a series.
Karunaratne and Mathews combined 69 runs for a fifth wicket as Sri Lanka were 310 for 4 during one theatre before a fall saw a final 6 wickets going down for 76 runs. India have now won back-to-back divided Test array in a island republic carrying clinched a prior book in 2015 2- 1.
The quality, or a miss of it, of a Sri Lankan group will give Virat Kohli and his boys a possibility to finish a purify brush in Pallekele (Kandy), where a a third Test starts on Aug 12.
Save Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, India have not had a possibility to register an all-win record in an divided array in any country. While there was spin on offer and a representation did deteriorate, though Karunaratne and Mendis, during their 191-run second wicket mount final evening, had shown stomach for a fight.
However, after Sri Lanka were all out for 183 in a initial innings in respond to India’s 622, it was always going to be a catch-up diversion for a hosts. The Indian bowlers — generally a dual spinners — were done to work most harder than their prior 3 innings in a Test matches so far.
Ravichandran Ashwin (2/132 in 37.5 overs), after a good initial innings show, did not demeanour half as effective. He, however, got a final wicket of a Sri Lankan second innings to finish a match.
In a post-lunch session, it was Jadeja who strike a right areas, extracting pointy spin and rebound off a pitch. Karunartane, after his 307-ball vigil, got a disagreeable smoothness that jumped off his gloves with Ajinkya Rahane using behind a wicketkeeper to take a catch. Mathews afterwards got one that had both spin and rebound with Wriddhiman Saha giving a glorious muster of glovework.
Dilruwan Perera (17) was afterwards stumped as he attempted to give Jadeja a charge.
The ninth five-wicket transport for Jadeja came when Dhananjaya De Silva edged one to Rahane during first-slip. Niroshan Dickwella (31) threw his bat around before Hardik Pandya (2/31 in 15 overs) accounted for his wicket.
At a start, Karunaratne combined 40 runs with nightwatchman Malinda Pushpakumara (16) for a third wicket. The dual continued to stonewall a Indian attack, and a few runs were combined too. India struggled to make things occur as they unsuccessful to fasten on to a half-chances offering by a nightwatchman.
The large impulse of a event came in a 66th over when K L Rahul forsaken Karunaratne (then on 95) during brief leg off Jadeja, that didn’t infer dear in a prolonged run.
The opener didn’t offer any some-more chances thereafter, reaching a three-figure symbol in 224 balls. India were afterwards given a propitious mangle as Pushpakumara played a horrific retreat brush off Ashwin in a 73rd over and was bowled, gifting his wicket after doing all a tough work.
It became a double blow as Jadeja had Dinesh Chandimal (2) held during trip in a subsequent over, with Rahane holding on to a pointy locate diving to his right. The visitors took a second new round as shortly as it became available, though Karunaratne and Mathews played sharp cricket given a vitality of this thoroughfare of play.
India did move on a pacers, Mohammed Shami (0-27) and Umesh Yadav (1-39), for brief spells with a new ball, though they were incompetent to yield breakthroughs.
Sri Lanka crossed a 300-mark in a 90th over, with Karunaratne and Mathews bringing adult their 50-partnership off 71 balls.
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