India slaughter hapless Sri Lanka
30 July 2017 - 00:00
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared six wickets to help India to a thumping 304-run win over Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first test yesterday for a 1-0 lead in the series.
The hosts, chasing a mammoth 550 for victory, managed only 245 runs before their second innings folded in the final session of the penultimate day, after opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne had been dismissed for 97...
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