India defeated Sri lanka by an innings and 53 runs in the second cricket Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, here today.
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne top scored for the hosts with a fighting 141-run knock while Ravindra Jadeja returned a five- wicket haul for the winners.
The third and final Test will begin on August 12 in Pallekele.
Brief Scores:
India 1st innings: 622 for nine declared
Sri lanka: 183 and 386 all out in 116.5 overs (Dimuth Karunaratne 141, Kusal Mendis 110; Raindra Jadeja 5/152).