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India Enforce Follow-on After Restricting Sri Lanka to 290 in Colombo Test | Sports-Games
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.