India wins 2nd test at Colombo to equal the score 1-1

India won the 2ns test match at Colombo comfortably by 278 runs. Set to score 412 for a win, the home team could not bear the pressure and succumbed to the inevitable. This victory was a special one for Virat Kohli, the captain of India Test team and also for Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara because it was his last match and ended a 15-year illustrious career.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 24 August 2015.

For the Indians, batsmen who scored centuries were Lokesh Rahul (1st innings - 108) and Ajinkya Rahane (126 in 2nd innings) while for the Sri Lankans, the only centurion was Angelo Mathews (1st innings – 102).
Bowlers Ravichandra Ashwin (3 for 76 and 6 for 42) and Amit Mishra (3 for 43 and 3 for 29) took 5 wickets each – and Sri Lanka folded up at 134 in 2nd innings giving India a fantastic win of 278 runs. There were clouds in the sky but, in the final tally, the rain gods did not pose any problem and the game ended as expected.
This win keeps alive India's hopes of carving a win in Sri Lanka after 23 years - the last time India won a Test series in Sri Lanka was in 1993 and, there are possibilities that the new look India team will win the series.
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