Agency :
Rohit Sharma’s captaincy tenure in the longest format of the game kicked-off with India’s remarkable win in Mohali. Finishing off the first Test inside three days, the hosts defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs on Sunday, taking a 1-0 lead in the 2-match series.
After bundling out Sri Lanka for 174, India decided to enforce follow on as the tourists trailed by 400 runs. The visitors put in all their efforts to save the Test match, especially wicketkeeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella who scored an unbeaten 51 in his team’s second essay. But his knock wasn’t enough to change the course of the game.
The spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ran through the Sri Lankan batting line-up, sharing a total of 8 wickets among each other to bowl out the opponents for 178.
Jadeja had a dream outing in the game as he bagged a 9-wicket match haul after scoring a magnificent 175 that put India in the driver’s seat on Saturday. After bagging his 10th five-wicket haul on his Test career, the left-hand all-rounder replicated the same in the second innings. Out of the 9 dismissals, Suranga Lakmal was the only batter who fell prey to Jadeja in both innings.
