Ind vs SL, 2nd Test: India Beat Sri Lanka To Sweep Series 2-0, Register 15th Successive Test Series Win At Home

For Sri Lanka, their captain Karunaratne scored his 14th Test ton but only to delay the inevitable as Ashwin & Bumrah picked 7 wickets between them to sweep Test series 2-0. 

R Ashwin, Pic Courtesy: @BCCI / Twitter

New Delhi: Rohit Sharma-led Team India on Sunday bundled up Sri Lanka for 208 runs in their second innings to win the Bengaluru Day/Night Test by 238 runs, sweep the two-match Test series 2-0. India's win over the visitors is their 15th consecutive Test series win on home soil.

After in-form Shreyas Iyer's 92 made sure that India posted a respectable total, pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami wreaked havoc with the pink ball under the lights. They blew the Lankan batters away with their lethal spells.

Right from day 1, India had put itself on top and ensured to not lose its momentum till the end. Six Lankan batters returned to the pavilion in the last session of day 1 and later four more wickets fell in the morning session of day 2 as India bowled out Sri Lanka for 109.

India gained a massive lead, courtesy Rishabh Pant's 28-ball 50, the fastest Test fifty by an Indian in the longest format, and fifties from Shreyas Iyer in both innings. India set a record 447-run target for Sri Lanka by declaring their innings at 303 for 9.

For Sri Lanka, their captain Dinesh Karunaratne scored his 14th Test ton but only to delay the inevitable as Ashwin and Bumrah picked seven wickets between them in the 2nd innings to bowl out Sri Lanka for 208 and sweep the Test series 2-0.