India took 1-0 lead in the two-match series
Gaul. On the basis of Manav Suthar's brilliant bowling, India defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first Test cricket match on Wednesday and took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Chasing the target of 372 runs, Sri Lankan team was all out after scoring 206 runs in its second innings on the fifth and final day of the match.
India scored 462 runs in its first innings and bowled out Sri Lanka for 284 runs. In this way he got a strong lead of 178 runs. India had scored 193 runs in its second innings. For Sri Lanka, Sonal Dinusha scored the highest 84 runs while captain Dhananjay de Silva played an inning of 59 runs.
Manav Suthar was the most successful bowler from India. He took six wickets for 55 runs. Took 4 wickets for 76 runs in the first innings. Apart from them, Prasidh Krishna took two wickets for 16 runs while Ravindra Jadeja (1 for 71 runs) and Mohammad Siraj (1 for 15 runs) took one wicket each.