Ravindra Jadeja scored unbeaten 175 and snared nine wickets across both innings as India defeat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs at Mohali to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series.
India enforced the follow-on after bowling out Sri Lanka for just 174 in first innings. In the second innings,
Ashwin struck early to remove Nissanka after lunch, leaving Sri Lanka tottering at 19/2. Dhananjaya de Silva (30) offered resistance in the second session but Jadeja removed him before tea. The Saurashtra all-rounder picked up 3 more wickets in final session to further pile misery on the opposition.
He finished with figures of 4/46 in 16 overs. Earlier, Jadeja also pulverised the Sri Lankan bowling to amass his career-best score in Test cricket before India declared their innings on 574-8 in Virat Kohli’s 100th game.
Jadeja put on a stand of 130 with overnight partner Ashwin, who made 61, to help India notch up a hefty total on the scoreboard. He recorded his second Test century, surpassing his previous best of 100 not out
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