India began their Sri Lankan tour with a bang as the Virat Kohli-led unit, on Day 4 of the first Test on Saturday, defeated hosts by 304 runs to win the Galle Test and took 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series.
R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each as India wrapped up a 304-run win - their biggest runs margin in Sri Lanka - halfway through the final session of day four. With finger injuries leaving Rangana Herath and Asela Gunaratne unavailable to bat, India only needed to take eight second-innings wickets. They completed the task in 76.5 overs, with Dimuth Karunaratne and Niroshan Dickwella proving their only real roadblocks.
Karunaratne enhanced his reputation as a specialist in the second innings - where he now averages 42.14 as against 27.32 in the first - with 97, while Dickwella contributed a skittish 67 to a fifth-wicket stand of 101.
