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Mon, 24 August 2015
2nd Test, Day 5: Spinners help India level series

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12:36  

India win by 278 runs

Sri Lanka: 306 & 134
India: 393 & 325-8 decl.

We are back after lunch.

And it is all over early, in seven balls to be precise, as Mishra has Chameera (4) out leg before. 

Sri Lanka dismissed for 134 (43.4 overs).

India win by 278 runs to level the three-match series 1-1.

It is Kohli's first Test win as captain. Sangakkara's farewell ends in defeat.
12:03  

Sri Lanka: 306 & 130-9
India: 393 & 325-8 decl.

Rain has stopped but an early lunch has been taken. 

India allowed only 58 runs in the morning session, in 21.3 overs, while taking seven wickets. 

The visitors look set to complete the formality early on once play resumes. 

Stay tuned...
11:49  

Sri Lanka: 306 & 130-9
India: 393 & 325-8 decl.

And there goes the ninth wicket. Mishra has Tharindu Kaushal (5) out leg before. 

Wait! It's pouring at the P Sara and players are coming off the field. 

Rain stops play, but came in a little late. 
11:31  

Sri Lanka: 306 & 123-8
India: 393 & 325-8 decl.

Ashwin strikes again, having Dhammika Prasad (0) caught by Mishra at mid-on. 

Can Sri Lanka survive till lunch? Looks highly unlikely at the moment. Karunaratne (46) is the lone recognised batsman left. 

Not for long though. Ashwin shatters his stumps with a delivery that skids in.
11:15  

Sri Lanka: 306 & 111-6
India: 393 & 325-8 decl.

Lahiru Thirimanne is the new man in. He starts off with a massive six off Mishra.

And its twin spin from India, Ashwin replacing Ishant (7-0-32-0) in the 29th over. 

A single by Thirimanne, off Mishra, helps the home team get to the 100-run mark, in the 30th over. 

Ashwin has Thirimanne (11) caught by sub Pujara at silly point. Four balls later, Ishant has Jehan Mubrak (0) caught by Kohli at second slip. 

We are in for quick finish here. 
10:35  

Sri Lanka: 306 & 91-4
India: 393 & 325-8 decl.

Dinesh Chandimal is the new man in. 

Ishant Sharma to bowl the second over. In his second over Chandimal clears the long leg boundary. Three balls later, he finds the fence again.

The first bowling change for the day happens in the 28th over, Amit Mishra coming in place of Yadav (5-1-15-1). 

The leg-spinner strikes with his second ball, bowling Chandimal (15) round his legs. 

It looks like an early finish on Day Five. 
10:02  

Sri Lanka: 306 & 72-3
India: 393 & 325-8 decl.

Umesh Yadav to start the final day's proceedings for India. And it's a wicket first ball, Mathews is out caught behind. 

What a start this for India.
09:11  

Sri Lanka: 306 & 72-2
India: 393 & 325-8 decl.

Good morning and welcome to the live coverage of the fifth and final day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India at the P Sara Oval. 

Sri Lanka need a further 341 to win and have lost two of their frontline batsmen. A win, therefore, is out of question. 

Dimuth Karunaratne (25) and Angelo Mathews (23) will commence the impossible task of holding the visitors to a draw and avoid a defeat in what is Kumar Sangakkara's final Test. 

However, weather permitting, India look set to seal a series-leveling win. R Ashwin and Amit Mishra will be the key on this fifth day pitch.

We'll take you through the day's proceedings. Stay tuned... 

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