India trounce Sri Lanka to record 100th Test win

It was also India's biggest margin of victory over Sri Lanka surpassing their previous best

Last updated: July 22, 2019 | 19:36

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Duba: India trounced Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in the second Test match at Kanpur to record their 100th Test victory on Friday.

The victory gave them a 1-0 lead in the three match series.

The triumph was special because it was also India’s biggest margin of victory over Sri Lanka surpassing their previous best of an innings and 119 runs win at Lucknow in 1994.

The architect of India’s victory was Shantakumaran Sreesanth, who wrecked Sri Lanka in the first innings with a deadly spell of 5 for 75.

Batting first, India had posted 642 runs through centuries from Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid.

Sri Lanka, who were forced to follow on were bowled out for 269 runs in the second inning before tea on the fourth day. Thilan Samaraweera hit a fighting unbeaten 78 while Harbhajan Singh took 3 for 98 to give India a memorable victory.

Scoreboard

India 1st innings: 642 (G. Gambhir 167, R. Dravid 144, V. Sehwag 131, R. Herath 5-121)

Sri Lanka 1st innings: 229 (M. Jayawardene 47, S. Sreesanth 5-75)

Sri Lanka 2nd innings:

T. Paranavitana lbw b Sehwag 20

T. Dilshan c Dhoni b Sreesanth 11

K. Sangakkara b Harbhajan 11

M. Jayawardene run out 10

T. Samaraweera not out 78

A. Mathews c Dravid b Zaheer 15

P. Jayawardene b Harbhajan 29

R. Herath lbw b Harbhajan 13

M. Muralitharan b Ojha 29

A. Mendis lbw b Yuvraj 27

C. Welegedara c and b Ojha 4

Extras: (lb1, b7, nb14) 22

Total (for all out, 65.3 overs) 269

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Dilshan), 2-37 (Paranavitana), 3-54 (M. Jayawardene), 4-54 (Sangakkara), 5-79 (Mathews), 6-140 (P. Jayawardene), 7-154 (Herath), 8-191 (Muralitharan), 9-264 (Mendis), 10-269 (Welegedara).

Bowling: Zaheer 11-0-63-1 (nb13), Sreesanth 11-4-47-1 (nb1), Harbhajan 22-2-98-3, Sehwag 3-0-4-1, Ojha 15.3-4-36-2, Tendulkar 1-0-6-0, Yuvraj 2-0-7-1.

India won by an innings and 144 runs

Toss: India

Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG) and Tony Hill (NZL)

TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare (IND)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)

The third Test will be played in Mumbai from Dec 2-6.

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right, and teammate Rahul Dravid, left, celebrate the dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis, centre, during the fourth day of their second cricket test match in Kanpur, India, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.

Indian cricketers Pragyan Ojha, left, and Man of the Match Shanthakumaran Sreesanth return to the pavilion after winning the match on the fourth day of the second cricket test match between India and Sri Lanka in Kanpur

Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh, center foreground, celebrates the dismissal of Sri Lankan Prasanna Jayawardene, extreme right, as teammates Rahul Dravid, left, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, second left, and Gautam Gambhir join him.

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