1st Test: India Thrash Sri Lanka , go 1-0 up in three-match series

ndia vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test: India

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each as India defeated Sri Lanka by 304 runs in the opening match of a three-match Test series at Galle International Stadium on Saturday. India, batting first, scored 600 in its first innings and bowled Sri Lanka out for 291. India batted again with a 309-run first-innings lead without enforcing the follow-on and declared their second innings on 240 for three. Set a daunting 550 to win, Sri Lanka was bowled out for 245. Dimuth Karunaratne fell three runs short of a century as he was involved in two lengthy partnerships with Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella. But Indian bowlers took crucial wickets to record a convincing win.