5 Players who ensured India’s historic series win over Sri Lanka

5 Players who ensured India’s historic series win over Sri Lanka: The Indian Cricket team under the captaincy of Virat Kohli won the Test series against Sri Lanka 2-1; this win on the Lankan islands came after 22 years. The Indian team came back strongly in the second game, to win it, they carried the momentum and kept the pressure in the third Test as well, despite losing the first Test match.

The credit for the series win should be given to all the players, but here we have 5 Players who ensured India’s historic series win over Sri Lanka:

1. R Ashwin:

Ravichandran Ashwin was the leading wicket taker in the Sri Lankan Test series. He picked 21 wickets which is the most by a bowler in India vs Sri Lanka Test series. In the first Test match at Galle, he picked a 10-wicket haul. In the 2nd Test Ashwin picked 2 wickets in the first innings while he got a fifer in the second. The highlight of the 1st four innings was that he got the retiring legend Kumar Sangakkara out on all 4 occasions in the series. In the 3rd match he did not have enough opportunities to bowl in the first innings while Ash bagged 4 wickets in the second innings. In the series he scalped 21 for 380 runs at a rate of 18.1 runs per wicket. He scored a vital 57 in the second innings of the third Test match to help India get a substantial lead. He was awarded the man of series award for his overall performance.