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Bumrah helps India thrash Sri Lanka to secure Test series
15 Mar, 2022
India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah took eight wickets to help his side win the day-night Test against Sri Lanka by 238 runs and wrap up a 2-0 series victory.
The hosts scored 252, with Shreyas Iyer scoring 92, before Bumrah took 5-24 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 109.
India then declared on 303-9 to leave the tourists needing 447 for victory.
Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne scored 107 but his side were bowled out for 208 – with Bumrah taking 3-23 – as they lost within three days.
India had won the opening Test?of the two-match series by an innings and 222 runs.
“It’s been a good run, [I] enjoyed it personally,” said Rohit Sharma,?who had been named India captain prior to the series.
“As a team, there were so many things we wanted to achieve and I think we did.”
The victory extended India’s impressive winning streak at home to 15 Test series. (Courtesy BBC)
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