Mohali Test: India win by innings and 222 runs against Sri Lanka
The second test of the series is a Day/Night game at Bangalore starting on the 12th of March.
Mohali: India win by an innings and 222 runs as Sri Lanka bowled out for 178 in 2nd innings India take 1-0 lead in 2-match Test series.
The second test of the series is a Day/Night game at Bangalore starting on the 12th of March.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin broke the legendary Kapil Dev's record of 434 Test wickets. Ashwin became India's second-highest wicket-taker in Test matches after leg-spinner Anil Kumble.
Ashwin scalped 435th wicket with his delivery to Charith Asalanka who was caught behind the stumps. In the second inning of Sri Lanka, Aswin took 4 wickets for 27 runs. (Over-21, MD-5, Run-47 Wkt-4).
Dimuth Karunaratne, Sri Lanka captain, said, " We never thought it would finish by day three. The batters need to put their hands up and bat longer innings. When you are playing against India you have to capitalize on the starts, once you get in you have to score big".
"We were too defensive or too aggressive with the bat, need to get a balance between both by rotating the strike and that's how you play big innings. As a batting unit, we have to put our hands up and score big. We did well for the first two sessions but could not execute when the ball got old and those are things we need to work on".
