Ashwin, Mishra spin Sri Lanka out
After electing to bat, Sri Lanka was done in by some fine spin bowling from Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra on day one of the first Test match in Galle on Wednesday.
Ravinchandran Ashwin took six for 46, his 11th five-wicket haul of his career. Amit Mishra struck in his sixth over by taking two wickets in a row to bundle out Sri Lanka for 183.
The third spinner Harbhajan Singh could not take any wickets.
Scoreboard: Sri Lanka 1st innings
Player Name | Score |
FDM Karunaratne | 9 |
JK Silva | 5 |
HDRL Thirimanne | 13 |
KC Sangakkara | 5 |
AD Mathews | 64 |
J Mubarak | 0 |
LD Chandimal | 59 |
KTGD Prasad | 0 |
HMRKB Herath | 23 |
PHT Kaushal | 0 |
N Pradeep* | 0 |
Total (all out; 49.4 overs) 183 (3.68 runs per over)