IND vs SL Highlights: India beat Sri Lanka by 238 runs in Day-Night Test for 15th consecutive series win at home

Bengaluru: In the Day-Night Test held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, India cleared Sri Lanka (IND vs SL day-night test match) in the two-match series, registering a one-sided victory. Indian team won the match by 238 runs on the third day of the game by allotting the visitors for 208 in the second innings.

Three wins in four day-night Tests

This is India’s third win in the total of four day-night Tests played so far. In 2017, India wrote the saga of victory against Bangladesh at the historic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. The second day-night Test played by Indian team on the tour of Australia in early 2021. Where it had to face an embarrassing defeat. Later he defeated the English team at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad at his home. Like India, this was also Sri Lanka’s fourth pink ball Test, in which its record is now 2-2.

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Six biggest wins for India in Test history

Winner Inter Opposite Ground Years
India 372 runs New Zealand Wankhede 2021
India 337 runs South Africa Delhi 2015
India 321 runs New Zealand Indore 2016
India 320 runs Australia Mohali 2008
India 318 runs England North Sound 2019

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India’s 15th consecutive series win at home

India beat Sri Lanka 2-0 to record their 15th consecutive series win at home. From the year 2012 till now, Indian team has not lost any Test series on its soil. England defeated Indian team for the last time. The captain of that team was Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Since then the conquest of Indian team continues. No other team has performed like this. Australia is at number two. Kangaroo team has won 10 consecutive test series twice.

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How India won the match in three days

Batting first after winning the toss, the Indian team scored 252 runs in the opposite conditions due to the courageous innings of Shreyas Iyer (92 runs, 98 balls). Later on the same day Sri Lanka’s 6 wickets for 86 runs were also dropped. On the second day. Within half an hour, Sri Lanka were reduced to just 109 runs. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah (5/24) took five or more wickets in an innings for the eighth time in Test cricket and the first at home. This was the second lowest score of Sri Lankan team against India. Shreyas Iyer also scored a half-century for India in the second innings. Rishabh Pant also made a quick fifty. Team Indian team declared the innings on the score of 303/9 and set a huge target of 447 runs in front of Sri Lanka.