India clean sweep Sri Lanka with big win in 3rd test
India, the top-ranked team in test cricket dominanted the series, winning the first two matches by 304 runs and an innings and 53 runs.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2017-08-14 10:37 GMT
Pallekele: India completed a 3-0 series whitewash over Sri Lanka on Monday with an innings victory inside three days in the third test.
Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets and seamer Mohammed Shami three as India bowled Sri Lanka out for 181 in its second innings, sealing victory by an innings and 171 runs.
India made 487 batting first at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and Sri Lanka collapsed in both innings to be out for 135 and then 181 after following on.
India's big first-innings total was built on centuries by opener Shikhar Dhawan (119) and Hardik Pandya (108).
India, the top-ranked team in test cricket, was dominant throughout the series, winning the first two matches by 304 runs and an innings and 53 runs.