India defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin in the first test. Team India won the Test played in Mohali on the third day itself. Sri Lanka's team failed to match India's bowling and lost by innings.
With this win, India took a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. Now we know about the reasons which Team India got successful.
Indian Bowling -
For the first two days, when Team India's batting was going on, it seemed that the pitch was not helping the bowlers. But when India's bowlers held the ball, this attitude changed. Along with India's spin bowlers, fast bowlers also got wickets.
Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami together took five wickets. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan batsmen did not have the answer to the spin of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin.
Team Combination-
In the Mohali Test, the Indian team had landed with three spinners and two fast bowlers. At the same time, Sri Lanka played three fast bowlers. The way the Mohali pitch behaved, it was clear that Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne had made a mistake.
Fast bowler Lahiru Kumara's injury also did the right thing and Sri Lanka had to go to the part-time bowlers on the second day. At the same time, India played three spinners. However, only Ashwin-Jadeja got wickets and Jayant Yadav did not get success. But his bet was right.
Winning the toss-
Toss plays a very important role in Indian pitches. In such a situation, the coin falling in favour of Rohit Sharma meant batting first. Due to this, India scored a big score and pushed Sri Lanka on the back foot. India scored runs comfortably on the fresh pitch of Mohali and did not allow the Sri Lankan bowlers to settle.
Ravindra Jadeja's all-round game -
This key player, who has been doing amazing in batting along with bowling continuously for some time, made a splash in the Mohali Test. Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 175 in batting, which is the highest score of his Test career. At the same time, he took eight wickets in bowling. Due to this, India won the match in three days even after batting for two and a half days.
Jadeja dismissed nine batsmen for 80 runs. Also played a century innings at a time when India was in danger of being reduced to 300. In the end, his contribution was decisive.