In Photos: India beat Sri Lanka by 165 runs in opening test at Galle

India returned to winning ways in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle as they floored Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the opening Test of the two-match series in Galle on Wednesday (Source: Photo by PTI)

Led by Manav Suthar 10-wicket match haul and a six-fer (6/55) in the final innings, India wrapped up a dominant win in the end with a session to spare (Source: Photo by PTI)

The Lankans resumed their pursuit of a daunting 362-run target on Day 5 at 84 for four after rain and bad light interrupted play late overnight (Source: Photo by PTI)

With lingering rain conditions grabbing overs and sizeable passages of play over the last four days of play, India were in a race against time to ensure they nabbed the remaining wickets in time, to keep their hopes for the WTC final next year alive (Source: Photo by PTI)

First-innings centurion Sonal Dinusha once again put on a resolute face alongside captain Dhananjaya de Silva to delay India’s dominance over the result (Source: Photo by PTI)

However, Suthar’s post-Lunch precision breached the rearguard effort with three scalps in six deliveries, dismissing Dinusha, Prabath Jayasuriya and Lahiru Kumar in the 76th over (Source: Photo by PTI)

The win marked India’s fifth victory in 10 matches in this WTC edition, their first since the win over the West Indies in Ahmedabad last October (Source: Photo by PTI)

India’s points percentage improved from 48.14 to 53.33, still remaining fifth on the standings behind Australia (77.77), South Africa (75.00), New Zealand (72.22), and Bangladesh (66.67) (Source: Photo by PTI)