(Reuters) - Ravichandran Ashwin spearheaded a dominant bowling display by India, taking four wickets as they dismissed Sri Lanka for 205 after the visitors had won the toss and opted to bat on the first day of the second test in Nagpur on Friday. Half-centuries from Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal, who top-scored with 57, and opener Dimuth Karunaratne (51) gave Sri Lanka's innings some respectability after they had lost Sadeera Samarawickrama and Lahiru Thirimanne cheaply before lunch. Sri Lanka, unchanged from the drawn first test in Kolkata, were soon reduced to 60-3 after the break when they lost former captain Angelo Mathews leg before to Jadeja for 10. Chandimal also completed his 14th fifty before he was out leg before trying to play a reverse sweep against Ashwin. Ashwin and Jadeja ran through Sri Lanka's innings after tea, as India took the last six wickets for 45 runs.

Source: The Star November 24, 2017 04:15 UTC