India thrash Sri Lanka inside three days to seal series clean sweep

Jasprit Bumrah helped India thrash Sri Lanka by 238 runs inside three days in Bangalore to complete a 2-0 series clean sweep.

Chasing an unlikely 447 for victory in the second Test, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 208 in the second session – despite captain Dimuth Karunaratne's defiant 107.

Fast bowler Bumrah (3-23) ended Karunaratne's magnificent knock and finished with eight wickets in the match, while spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 4-55 in the second innings.

Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant scored 67 and 50 in India's 303-9 declared on Day 2 to play key roles in securing an emphatic victory. India also won the opening Test in three days and this win gives new all-format captain Rohit Sharma a winning start to his Test leadership.

“It's been a good run and I've enjoyed it personally and as a team. We wanted to achieve a few things as a team and we've done that,” Rohit said.

“Pink ball tests are challenging. We never knew what it was like to play with the pink ball in India, but we are learning to make those adjustments. The crowd just makes it more special.”

With the tourists chasing a daunting target, Karunaratne battled hard to bring up his 14th test ton but wickets fell regularly and they were bowled out for little over 200.

Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis had chipped away in the first session and together the pair survived a couple of edges to bring up Sri Lanka's highest partnership of the series (97) while Mendis also brought up his half-century.

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India made the breakthrough when spinner Ashwin enticed Mendis (54) to dance down the track, with the batsman misjudging the line as Pant collected the ball and quickly whipped off the bails.

Angelo Mathews, Sri