India beats Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs
Published
Dec. 6, 2009 4:46 a.m. ET
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India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs Sunday on the fifth day of the third and final test match, winning the series 2-0. The victory took India to the No. 1 place in the International Cricket Council's test rankings: -- Scores: Sri Lanka 1st Innings: 393 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 109, Angelo Mathews 99, Tharanga Paranavitana 53; Harbhajan Singh 4-112, Pragyan Ojha 3-101); Sri Lanka 2nd Innings: 309 (Kumar Sangakkara 137; Tharanga Paranavitana 54, Zaheer Khan 5-72) vs. India 1st Innings: 726-9 dec. (Virender Sehwag 293, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 100 not out, Murali Vijay 87, Rahul Dravid 74, V.V.S. Laxman 62, Sachin Tendulkar 53, Muttiah Muralitharan 4-195, Rangana Herath 3-240).
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