Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates with captain Virat Kohli and teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews in 2nd Test Match, Colombo. Photo: ReutersColombo: A rampant India subjected Sri Lanka to the ignominy of follow-on on Saturday after Ravichandran Ashwin claimed his 26th five-wicket haul to help rout the hosts for 183 in the second test. India captain Virat Kohli, who led his team to a crushing 304-run win in the first of the three tests, understandably began the day with spin and was almost rewarded with immediate success. Sri Lanka had wanted something special from their skipper but Chandimal, who missed the Galle series opener with pneumonia, had managed only 10. Jadeja was denied a second success in that over when Kohli, replacing Pujara at gully, dropped Angelo Mathews with the former Sri Lanka skipper having yet to score.

Source: Mint August 05, 2017 07:41 UTC