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Herath spins Sri Lanka to emphatic win

Rangana Herath struck off his first ball of the morning removing nightwatchman Ishant Sharma for 10  AFP
India had added only four runs to the total before Herath struck again, this time castling Rohit Sharma for 4  AFP
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India's middle-order woes went from bad to worse when captain Virat Kohli was dismissed for 3, courtesy a sharp close-in catch by Kaushal Silva, leaving the side at 45 for 4  AFP
Tharindu Kaushal took a brilliant return catch to get rid of Shikhar Dhawan ending the opener's patchy 83-ball 28  AFP
India promoted Harbhajan Singh ahead of R Ashwin, but both batsmen contributed only a total of 4  AFP
Dimuth Karunaratne took an acrobatic catch off Tharindu Kaushal's bowling to dismiss Amit Mishra and shoot out India for 112  AFP
After conceding a first-innings lead of 192, the hosts had launched a stunning comeback to seal a 63-run victory  AFP
Fittingly, Kumar Sangakkara was given a grand sendoff in Galle  AFP
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