India defeat Sri Lanka by an innings and 53 runs in 2nd Test

 

COLOMBO:  India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 53 runs in the second cricket Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, here today.

     Opener Dimuth Karunaratne top scored for the hosts with a fighting 141-run knock while Ravindra Jadeja returned a five- wicket haul for the winners.

     The third and final Test will begin on August 12 in Pallekele.

     Brief Scores:

     India 1st innings: 622 for nine declared

     Sri Lanka: 183 and 386 all out in 116.5 overs (Dimuth Karunaratne 141, Kusal Mendis 110; Raindra Jadeja 5/152). (AGENCIES)