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3rd Test, Colombo (SSC), August 28 - September 01, 2015, India tour of Sri Lanka

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India

312 & 274

Sri Lanka

(T:386) 201 & 268

India won by 117 runs

Player Of The Match

Cheteshwar Pujara

, IND

145*

Player Of The Series

Ravichandran Ashwin

, IND

94 runs • 21 wkts

Virat Kohli celebrates the series win•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

A jubilant Virat Kohli poses with the trophy, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

A jubilant Virat Kohli poses with the trophy •Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Virat Kohli is all smiles after wrapping up the series, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Virat Kohli is all smiles after wrapping up the series•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Ishant Sharma is greeted by team-mates for achieving his 200th wicket, that of Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Ishant Sharma is greeted by team-mates for achieving his 200th wicket, that of Angelo Mathews•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Angelo Mathews is ecstatic after completing his century, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Angelo Mathews is ecstatic after completing his century•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Kusal Perera plays an uppish drive, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Kusal Perera plays an uppish drive•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Kusal Perera cuts the ball, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Kusal Perera cuts the ball•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Angelo Mathews works the ball towards the on side, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Angelo Mathews works the ball towards the on side•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Umesh Yadav is congratulated by his teammates for dismissing Kaushal Silva, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Umesh Yadav is congratulated by his teammates for dismissing Kaushal Silva•Sep 01, 2015•Associated Press

Ishant Sharma and Dhammika Prasad have it out, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 4th day, August 31, 2015

Ishant Sharma and Dhammika Prasad have it out•Aug 31, 2015•AFP

The victorious India team pose the trophy, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

The victorious India team with the trophy •Sep 01, 2015•AFP

R Ashwin, who picked 21 wickets and scored a fifty was adjudged the man of the series, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

R Ashwin, who picked 21 wickets and scored a fifty was adjudged the man of the series •Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Virat Kohli takes high-fives after the win, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Virat Kohli takes high-fives after the win•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Kusal Perera and Virat Kohli have an animated exchange of words, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Kusal Perera and Virat Kohli have an animated exchange of words•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Virat Kohli tosses the ball up, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Virat Kohli tosses the ball up•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Angelo Mathews brings out the sweep, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Angelo Mathews brings out the sweep•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

R Ashwin is elated after dismissing Lahiru Thirimanne, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

R Ashwin is elated after dismissing Lahiru Thirimanne•Sep 01, 2015•AFP

Lahiru Thirimanne cops a bouncer from Ishant Sharma, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 5th day, September 1, 2015

Lahiru Thirimanne cops a bouncer from Ishant Sharma•Sep 01, 2015•Associated Press

Ishant Sharma and and Virat Kohli celebrate Upul Tharanga's wicket, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 4th day, August 31, 2015

Ishant Sharma and and Virat Kohli celebrate Upul Tharanga's wicket•Aug 31, 2015•AFP

Angelo Mathews and Kaushal Silva rebuilt the innings, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 4th day, August 31, 2015

Angelo Mathews and Kaushal Silva rebuilt the innings•Aug 31, 2015•AFP

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
WU Tharanga	caught	0	7
JK Silva	caught	27	50
FDM Karunaratne	caught	0	7
LD Chandimal	caught	18	17
AD Mathews	lbw	110	240
HDRL Thirimanne	caught	12	47
MDKJ Perera	caught	70	106
HMRKB Herath	lbw	11	23
PHT Kaushal	not out	1	14
KTGD Prasad	caught	6	4
N Pradeep	lbw	0	2
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 7)
Total	268(10 wkts; 85 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
I Sharma	19	5	32	3	1.68 (4 nb)
UT Yadav	15	3	65	2	4.33
STR Binny	13	3	49	0	3.76
A Mishra	18	1	47	1	2.61 (3 nb)
R Ashwin	20	2	69	4	3.45

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	1	Upul Tharanga	Kaushal Silva
2nd	1	Kaushal Silva	Dimuth Karunaratne
3rd	19	Kaushal Silva	Dinesh Chandimal
4th	53	Kaushal Silva	Angelo Mathews
5th	33	Angelo Mathews	Lahiru Thirimanne
6th	135	Angelo Mathews	Kusal Perera
7th	7	Rangana Herath	Angelo Mathews
8th	8	Rangana Herath	Tharindu Kaushal
9th	6	Dhammika Prasad	Tharindu Kaushal
10th	5	Nuwan Pradeep	Tharindu Kaushal

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