Ravindra Jadeja's epic all-round show gives India win inside three days
Match haul of nine wickets to go with his 175 not out; R Ashwin ends game with six scalps to go past Kapil Dev
04/03Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Mohali, Mar 4-6 2022
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![India]( "India")
574/8d -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
174 & 178 (60 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
04/03Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Mohali, Mar 4-6 2022
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![India]( "India")
574/8d -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
174 & 178 (60 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
Day 3
Dear India, enough is enough, this is no longer funny, please stop
ESPNcricinfo's Sri Lanka correspondent tries to make sense of the latest mismatch between these two teams
Rohit hails 'all-time great' Ashwin and 'top allrounder' Jadeja after innings win
India captain wants to use Jadeja "a lot more with the bat", citing example of his promotion in the T20I series
Stats - Jadeja continues love affair with Mohali; Ashwin goes past Kapil Dev
Stats highlights from India's emphatic victory in Mohali
Day 2
India on top after supreme Jadeja-led all-round show
Allrounder slams 175* to set up declaration, and then joins the wicket-takers' party to push Sri Lanka on the back foot
The new and unrecognisable Ravindra Jadeja
He used to play fun little innings. Now he's capable of defining a whole match, with bat or ball
Ravindra Jadeja - the sting in India's tail
The allrounder adds much needed heft to India's batting down the order
Day 1
Pant 96 off 97 as India pile up 357 on day one against Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's limited attack stood exposed in Mohali
Rishabh Pant, making us have the time of our lives
How did a system as rigorous and mechanical as India's generate such a free spirit?
Others
Four lesser-known Sri Lanka players to watch out for against India
Nissanka, Embuldeniya are among those who can be a threat in the two-Test series
The many versions of batting genius Virat Kohli
He is a rare breed who kept making changes to the very soul of his batting
'Whole credit goes to Virat Kohli for getting us going in Test cricket' - Rohit Sharma
New Test captain also toasts contributions of Rahane, Pujara as India prepare for a proper changing of the guard
Virat Kohli: 'I have given my heart and soul to Test cricket'
"Feels surreal, never imagined I would play 100 Tests for India"
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Sri Lanka desperately need Dimuth Karunaratne to lead the charge of their building
The reason why we expect Sri Lanka will make something of the Tests against India is because in his own unobtrusive way, Karunaratne has made it so
Is Virat Kohli's Test average of 50.39 actually worth more?
Despite a recent lean run, he still has an overall average of more than 50, which is no mean feat in these bowler-dominated times
Dimuth Karunaratne quietly confident of Sri Lanka doing to India what they did in South Africa
"We were underdogs then too, and we had nothing to lose, so we produced our best... The pressure is on India to not let a match slip"
Virat Kohli's ten best Test knocks
From blazing away in Perth to lording it in Edgbaston, this has been a career of defying the odds
History is stacked against Sri Lanka, but India are a team in transition
This is not being treated as a high-profile series, but it has the potential to throw up some really good cricket - especially if Sri Lanka's spinners can deliver
