India Bowls Out Sri Lanka for 290, Enforces Follow-on in Second Test at Colombo
Sonal Dinusha scored 103, but India’s seamers and debutant Saransh Jain combined for 8 wickets to dismiss Sri Lanka in 89.4 overs.
- On Wednesday, India bowled out Sri Lanka for 290 on day four in Colombo and enforced the follow-on in the second and final Test, establishing dominance with a 213-run first-innings lead.
- Building on their 165-run victory at the Galle Test, India entered the match leading the series 1-0 and declared their first innings at 503/9 to establish a commanding advantage.
- Seamer Prasidh Krishna and spinner Manav Suthar took 3/52 and 3/85 respectively, while Sonal Dinusha anchored Sri Lanka's innings with a second successive century before being dismissed for 103.
- Debutant Saransh Jain secured the final breakthroughs as India took just 15 minutes on Wednesday to claim the last two Sri Lankan wickets and end the innings.
- Resuming the penultimate day at 265/8, Sri Lanka were eventually bundled out in 89.4 overs, with Pasindu Sooriyabandara contributing 80 runs to the total before the follow-on was enforced.
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India enforce follow-on after restricting Sri Lanka to 290 in Colombo Test | Sports-Games
India bowled Sri Lanka out for 290 in their first innings and enforced the follow-on on Day 4 of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club on Wednesday, leaving the hosts 213 runs behind after the visitors had declared at 503/9.
Colombo Test: Dinusha Century Not Enough As India Enforce Follow-On On Day 4
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Times of IndiaIndia bowls out Sri Lanka for 290, enforces follow-on in second Test at Colombo
India enforced the follow-on after bowling out Sri Lanka for 290 on day four. Sonal Dinusha scored 103, his second century of the series, as the last batter dismissed. Debutant Saransh Jain claimed the final two Sri Lankan wickets for India. Seamer Prasidh Krishna and spinner Manav Suthar took three wickets each. India leads the two-test series against Sri Lanka by a 1-0 margin.
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