How India Got an Innings Victory Over Sri Lanka in the Second Cricket Test?
Having drawn the first test, India managed to post an innings victory against Sri Lanka in the second test. Thanks to Santha Kumaran Sreesanth, the speedster from Kerala, who was included from the test squad after a hiatus of 19 months in the wilderness. India achieved it by an innings and 144 runs in the second cricket test played with Sri Lanka in Kanpur Green Park stadium. This is the highest innings defeat imposed by India against a team bettering its previous performance in the same venue in the year 1993-1994. The win in the second test against Sri Lanka was its 100 the test victory making India to join the elite club of test playing countries like Australia, West Indies, England, South Africa and Pakistan, all of them had 100 + test victories under their belt. India was lucky enough to win the toss and elected to bat in the first innings. Thanks to a fine opening stand of 200 + between the swashbuckling opener Virendar Sehwag, who virtually played a one day knock of scoring 131
