Cricket - Sri Lanka v India - First Test Match - Galle, Sri Lanka - July 29, 2017 - India's Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews (not pictured). REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared six wickets to help India to a thumping 304-run win against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first test on Saturday for a 1-0 lead in the series.
The hosts, chasing a mammoth 550 for victory, only managed 245 runs before their second innings folded in the final session of the penultimate day, after opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne had been dismissed for 97.
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