Team India whipped Sri Lanka by an innings and 239 runs on the fourth day of the second Test on Monday and leads the 3 test match series by 1-0. The visitors, who started the day 4 in Nagpur on 21/1 after being having deficit of 405-run in first innings, crashed to 166 all out and all it took in the end for India was just little over three hours including the lunch break to break. Off Spinner R Ashwin claimed four wickets to return overall match figures of 8-130.The match also witnessed Virat Kohli slamming his fifth Test double ton and Ashwin becoming the fastest to 300 Test wickets among other milestones. The scene now shifts north, as the hosts prepare to take on the visitors in the third and final Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi starting 2 December.
Feel so proud of our #TeamIndia players. Yet another outstanding performance from @imVkohli , @mvj888 , @ImRo45.. and @ashwinravi99 cleaning up with those 300 wickets. Well done, guys! pic.twitter.com/3qbXhrHH6f
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 27, 2017
300th Test wicket for @ashwinravi99 and #TeamIndia take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match Test series. India seal the 2nd Test in Nagpur by an innings and 239 runs #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/mq56alEczD
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 27, 2017
After match what captains said:
Virat Kohli: The pitch was very good to bat on. It was on the slow side but there was nothing much happening. Just wanted to bat the way I wanted to – get into good positions and keep rotating strike. It’s something I’ve wanted to better myself. Once you cross hundred you buckle up and help the team. It’s a combination of fitness and everything. Pujara, noticeably he’s been very consistent. Vijay missed out on Test cricket but he grasped this opportunity, Rohit as well, making a strong comeback for himself going ahead. Definitely he will be in the plan of things. I think all the guys, Bhuvi has played a lot of cricket in last 3 months. Ishant, Shami and Yadav haven’t played so much but they have played a lot of first class cricket. I think Ishant was outstanding, he was the stand out bowler obviously the spinners doing well. Yes, that is exactly why we asked for pitches with some life in it. Kolkata was good one, this one deteriorated bit quickly. We are looking towards the big tour that is coming up.
Although @ashwinravi99 stole the headlines, @imVkohli was pleased with his fast bowlers as they prepare to visit South Africa #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/WUujprRxHx
— ICC (@ICC) November 27, 2017
Chandimal: It was a good toss to win. Unfortunately, we were outplayed from the first day. Our batting let us down again. When you’re playing against India, you’ve got to score 350-plus. Before we came here, we had a game-plan. We said to the guys – if you get a start you have to go on. Hopefully, these youngsters will come back strong. Mathews is the senior-most guy in the batting line-up. If he’s not scoring, the batting line-up has let us down. I’m sure he’ll come back strong. We need to get positives out of this. When we’re bowling, our body language was excellent. Need to score more runs in the first innings. That’s what we need to discuss as a unit. This wicket was good to bat on for the first three days. The bowling unit has done a really good job. But if you have no runs on the board, they can’t do anything.
Sri Lanka captain @chandi_17 said his side really should have performed better having won the toss and electing to bat #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/YMculCzf9B
— ICC (@ICC) November 27, 2017
