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India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs in Mohali

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Updated At : 05:00 PM Mar 06, 2022 IST

March 6

Hosts India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs inside three days in the opening test at Mohali on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Sri Lanka made 178 in their second innings after getting bundled out for 174 in the first. India, who declared their first innings on 574-8, enforced the follow-on.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who scored an unbeaten 175, picked up four wickets in the second innings for a match haul of nine. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 4-47.

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India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs in Mohali

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