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The Indian cricket team under the leadership of Virat Kohli registered its biggest ever overseas victory against Sri Lanka on Saturday afternoon. India outplayed Sri Lanka in every department of the game to win the match by 304 runs and take a lead of 1-0 in the three-match Test series. It was a dominating performance by India as Shikhar Dhawan, Abhinav Mukund, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli found themselves amongst runs while the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja troubled the opposition players. Here are top moments of the match: (AP)
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Shikhar Dhawan was added to the squad after Murali Vijay got injured and returned to Test cricket in style. The southpaw scored 190 runs from 168 balls in the first innings and gave India a good start. (AP)
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The Indian skipper was under a lot of pressure to perform after failing to score a single half-century since the series against Australia earlier this year. Kohli batted aggressively in the second innings and scored his 17th Test ton (AP)
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Cheteshwar Pujara has established himself as India's best batsman in this format of the game. He scored 153 runs from 265 balls in the first innings. (AP)
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When Dimuth Karunaratne was frustrating the Indian bowlers with his knock of 97 runs, it was India's most-experienced bowler Ravichandran Ashwin who stepped up and got rid of him to win the match for India. Ashwin picked up 4 wickets in the match. (AP)
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On a wicket that didn't offer much for the bowlers, Ravindra Jadeja emerged as India's leading wicket taker with 6 scalps to his name. He troubled the Sri Lankan batsmen with his spin and ended up with three wickets in each innings. (AP)
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