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India vs Sri Lanka Highlights, 2nd Test, Day 3: IND beat SL by 238 runs in pink-ball Test to clean sweep series 2-0
IND vs SL Highlights, 2nd Test, Day 3: India beat Sri Lanka by 238 runs in the pink-ball Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to complete a 2-0 series clean sweep. Bumrah, Pant, Iyer, Ashwin were the stars from Rohit Sharma's side. Follow IND vs SL day-night Test Score and Updates from Bengaluru.
IND vs SL Pink-Ball Test Highlights: India defeat Sri Lanka by 208 runs in the second Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. With this win, they complete a 2-0 series clean sweep. In the first session of the day, Kusal Mendis and skipper Dimuth Karunaratne resumed SL's innings (at 28/1) and brought up their 50-run stand. They extended the stand to 97 runs before Ashwin dismissed the latter on 54. Mathews didn't last long thereafter, losing his stumps to Ravindra Jadeja on 1. Ashwin struck again, this time sending Dhananjaya de Silva packing on 4. Then, Karunaratne brought up his 28th Test 50 and provided some stability with Niroshan Dickwella. Eventually, the two took the side to 151-4 at Tea. Soon after resumption, Axar Patel got the wicket of Dickwella to snap the half-century stand. Axar struck again 8 overs later, dismissing Charith Asalanka on 5. Despite losing partners, Karunaratne went on to notch up an impressive 100. SL were quickly 9 down as Bumrah dismissed Karunaratne on 107 and the Surangal Lakmal on 1. All Indian players shook hands with Lakmal as his Test career came to an end. Ashwin then bagged his fourth of the innings, removing Vishwa Fernando on 2, as India bowled SL out on 208.
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Hello and Welcome to the live coverage of Day 3 of the second India vs Sri Lanka Test match being played in Bengaluru. The pink-ball Test is heading towards its closure today as the hosts need nine more wickets to dish out another clean sweep to the Lankans. The visitors need 419 runs more but they are unlikely to score those many. It'll be a matter of time and you don't want to miss out on the action. So, sit back and enjoy the action from this day-night Test. This is Shivansh Gupta and I will be keeping you company today.
