This Day That Year: Indian team register historic series win on Sri Lankan soil
Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian Cricket Team registered a historic Test series win on Sri Lanka after winning the 3 rd Test match played at SSC, Colombo on 1 st September 2015. On a green top pitch at SSC, Cheteshwar Pujara who opened the innings for India carried his bat with 145*, 59 by Amit Mishra helped the visitors post 312 runs. Ishant Sharma bowled brilliantly in the first innings by taking 5 for 54, Stuart Binny 2 for 24 and Amit Mishra 2 for 25 helped India to bowl out Sri Lanka for 201 in the first innings. The Indian second innings went on well as Rohit Sharma 50, Stuart Binny 49, Naman Ojha 35, Ashwin 59 and Amit Mishra 39 created enough pressure on the hosts. It was an amazing performance by the Indian team in the 2 nd innings as Ashwin 4 for 69, Ishant Sharma 3 for 32, Umesh Yadav 2 for 65 helped them to bowl out Sri Lanka for 268. India won the match by 117 runs to take the series 2-1. The Indian Cricket Team won their first Test series wi...