Sri Lanka vs India 2017: 5 things that India did right to beat Sri Lanka

#2 Spinners continue their good form

Ashwin and Jadeja both took five-wicket hauls in the Test

Over the past couple of years, both Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have been in tremendous form for India. Even though they haven’t thrived a lot on the flat and bouncy tracks, their performance on the subcontinental wickets has been nothing but sensational.

Both spinners took almost 60% of all wickets combined during the three home series against New Zealand, England, and Australia. Ashwin and Jadeja batted well in the first innings with both scoring fifties. However, their bowling was even more brilliant with Ashwin picking up his 26th five-wicket haul in Tests with his spell of 5/69 in the first innings.

Jadeja took 2/84 in the first innings. In the second innings, the spinners were given a hard time by Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis but once Mendis was dismissed, Jadeja tore apart the Sri Lankan middle order and also dismissed Karunaratne. By picking up the wicket of Dilruwan Perera, Jadeja became the fastest left-arm bowler to pick up 150 Test wickets. Sri Lanka were dismissed for 386 and Jadeja ended with figures of 5/152.