Twitter Reactions: Indian colour dawns in Sri Lanka after 22 years

Twitter Reactions: Indian colour dawns in Sri Lanka after 22 years: India won the final and decider Test match against Sri Lanka by 117 runs, also winning the series along with it. India finally win a series on the Sri Lankan soils after 22 years. Chasing the total of 386, Captain Angelo Mathews and debutant Kushal Parera kept India at bay for a while. But the Indian bowlers bounced back and the century from Mathews could not win the match for Sri Lanka. Ishant Sharma took 8 wickets in the final Test completing his 200-wicket haul in Test cricket, Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed another 4 to make it 21 for him in the series and was titled ‘Man of the Series’. The Sri Lankan batting line up collapsed, ending with a total of 268/10 in the 84^th over.

The win after 22 years came after a lot of ups and downs in the last 5 days. Spicing up the Test clash was the fight between Ishant Sharma, Dhammika Prasad, Dinesh Chandimal and Upul Tharanga on the 4^th day, sparks of which were seen in the final day as well. Virat Kohli registers his first series win as the Indian Test Captain.

This young Indian side looks promising and the series win will remain carved in the pages of history always. Cheteshwar Pujara’s career defining performance, a fast bowling leader India has craved for long, a dependable spinner, a flexible batting line-up, a lower order that can work its way with the bat amazingly and a pro-active Test captain, India is blooming towards a new phase.   

Here are the Twitter Reactions: Indian colour dawns in Sri Lanka after 22 years:

The Champions #TeamIndia #SLvsInd pic.twitter.com/Kx4rD0uWEy

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 1, 2015

Absolutely delighted for the boys and the whole Indian Team squad for this achievement, wish I was there to celebrate with the boys! #SLvIND

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) September 1, 2015

Ishants 1st innings figures of 5/54 and match figures of 8/86, both best figures by an indian pacer in SL#SLvIND

— Vidhu Pal (@raahilmahajan96) September 1, 2015

The Man who broke 22 Years streak in Sri-lanka. @imVkohli #captainKohli#TeamIndia#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/gJ1ep8RDKH

— VisHal ?? (@ImVpatel) September 1, 2015

4th inns 100s by captains vs India: J Stollmeyer 1953 D Mendis 1985 V Richards 1987 M Taylor 1998 Younis Khan 2007 A Mathews 2015 #slvInd

— ICC (@PK_CricInfo) September 1, 2015

And most importantly Sir Jadeja didn't play the game and India won the series. #SLvIND @iamjadeja

— The Bad CA (@thebadca) September 1, 2015

Congratulations Virat Kohli on your first series win as India's Test captain. pic.twitter.com/ESfZytDXo1

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) September 1, 2015

Sri Lanka somehow went from looking like clinching an amazing series win to losing the series. #SLvIND

— Minakami Mario (@the4dotaku) September 1, 2015

Since 2011 India has won 5 test series & Ashwin was man of the series in 4 of them. #INDvSL #SLvIND #CricbuzzCup

— Deepak Sharma (@Imdeepak_s) September 1, 2015

WATCH: What Virat Kohli said at the post-match presentation https://t.co/AVtQCRPZjv #SLvIND

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— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) September 1, 2015

Where are the stone throwers now? #SLvIND @imVkohli @AnushkaSharma pic.twitter.com/CxPzVG7HH3

— Krishna Sripada (@KrishSripada) September 1, 2015

https://twitter.com/pradeepsparkkp/status/638670288637460480

India win SSC Test:

– First series win in SL in 22 years
– First away series win in 4 years
– First ever away series win coming from behind

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) September 1, 2015

Ravichandran Ashwin has got 3 Man of the Match awards but 4 Man of the Series awards! #IndvsSL

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) September 1, 2015

Best All-Rounder in #IndvsSL:
Amit Mishra – 15 wickets with the ball and 157 runs with the bat.

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) September 1, 2015

Mohammad Azharuddin and Virat Kohli are the only two Indian captains to have won a Test series in Sri Lanka #CricbuzzCup #SLvIND

— ప్రసాద్ సచిన్ ™ (@Prasad4Prince) September 1, 2015

This is the first away series win for India since beating West Indies 1-0 in West Indies, 2011 pic.twitter.com/T26Xry2HI9

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) September 1, 2015

India's last 5 away test series wins
2-1 in SL 2015
1-0 in WI 2011
2-0 in Ban 2010
1-0 in NZ 2009
1-0 in Eng 2007#IndvsSL

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) September 1, 2015