India completed a dominating win by an innings and 222 runs over Sri Lanka on Day 3 in Mohali to go 1-0 up in the two-match Test series. Ravindra Jadeja scored unbeaten 175 and snared nine wickets across both innings.
India enforced the follow-on after bowling out Sri Lanka for just 174 in first innings. India got as many as 16 wickets on the third day to wrap up the match with a cumulative bowling effort of 125 overs across two innings. Sri Lanka could only manage 178 in their second innings. For India, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets each while Mohammed Shami also picked up a couple.
Meanwhile, former captain Virat Kohli was seen doing the ‘Pushparaj Thaggede Le’ step during the first Test match. In his 100th Test, Kohli was captured by the cameraman doing the now viral step. He has now joined the trend and he was spotted doing the ‘Pushparaj Thaggede Le’ step when India were inching closer to the victory against Sri Lanka in the first Test.
Talking about the match, Rishabh Pant also scored a counter-attacking 96 while Hanuma Vihari, who was promoted up the order, also hit a fifty. Virat Kohli had also played a fine knock of 45 but he missed out on a big score on his 100th Test.