Sri Lanka vs India, 1st Test at Galle, Jul 26 2017 - Match Highlights

RESULT

1st Test, Galle, July 26 - 29, 2017, India tour of Sri Lanka

600 & 240/3d

(T:550) 291 & 245

India won by 304 runs

Player Of The Match

, IND

190

Maharoof: SL selectors need to make serious decisions

Maharoof: SL selectors need to make serious decisions

Agarkar: The gulf between both sides stood exposed

Agarkar: The gulf between both sides stood exposed

Agarkar: Surface hasn't deteriorated as expected

Agarkar: Surface hasn't deteriorated as expected

Maharoof: Kohli's decision sensible, allowed pitch to deteriorate

Maharoof: Kohli's decision sensible, allowed pitch to deteriorate

Agarkar: India could have bowled again today

Agarkar: India could have bowled again today

Agarkar: Sri Lanka need Mathews to bat for both runs and time

Agarkar: Sri Lanka need Mathews to bat for both runs and time

Maharoof: Disappointed by Gunathilaka and Mendis' dismissals

Maharoof: Disappointed by Gunathilaka and Mendis' dismissals

Agarkar: Pandya helped put India in box seat

Agarkar: Pandya helped put India in box seat

Maharoof: SL built pressure from both ends

Maharoof: SL built pressure from both ends

Agarkar: Dhawan flawless against spin

Agarkar: Dhawan flawless against spin

Four or five bowlers: Three questions for Sri Lanka

Four or five bowlers: Three questions for Sri Lanka

Pandya, Rohit or both: Three questions for India

Pandya, Rohit or both: Three questions for India

Arnold: Sri Lanka spinners know how to work batsmen out

Arnold: Sri Lanka spinners know how to work batsmen out

Match Coverage

Languid, loose, luckless

Is he this blinding talent that is constantly checked by blameless adversity? Is he on a career-long quest to tick off every bizarre dismissal? Where does the bad luck end? Where does Upul Tharanga begin?

Languid, loose, luckless

Galle mismatch symptomatic of wider malaise

Sri Lanka's failure to compete with a well-drilled India reinforces the urgent need for Test cricket's growing imbalances to be addressed

Galle mismatch symptomatic of wider malaise

Bowlers' show on flat deck pleases Kohli

Virat Kohli felt India ticked most boxes during the course of a dominating win in Galle

Bowlers' show on flat deck pleases Kohli

'We are a better team than this' - Herath

The Sri Lanka captain said his team expected the pitch to be good for batting from before the game began, and wanted it to be so, but failed to execute their plans

'We are a better team than this' - Herath

India's biggest away win, SL's biggest defeat

Stats highlights from the fourth day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and India in Galle

India's biggest away win, SL's biggest defeat

Instant answers to T20 questions

Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
FDM Karunaratne	bowled	97	208
WU Tharanga	bowled	10	10
MD Gunathilaka	caught	2	8
BKG Mendis	caught	36	71
AD Mathews	caught	2	10
N Dickwella	caught	67	94
MDK Perera	not out	21	50
N Pradeep	caught	0	2
CBRLS Kumara	caught	0	8
HMRKB Herath	absent hurt
DAS Gunaratne	absent hurt
Extras	(lb 3, w 7)
Total	245(8 wkts; 76.5 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	22	Upul Tharanga	Dimuth Karunaratne
2nd	7	Dimuth Karunaratne	Danushka Gunathilaka
3rd	79	Dimuth Karunaratne	Kusal Mendis
4th	8	Angelo Mathews	Dimuth Karunaratne
5th	101	Dimuth Karunaratne	Niroshan Dickwella
6th	23	Dilruwan Perera	Dimuth Karunaratne
7th	0	Dilruwan Perera	Nuwan Pradeep
8th	5	Dilruwan Perera	Lahiru Kumara

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