India tour of Sri Lanka, 2015 - Cricbuzz Cup

Former India leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani credited Virat Kohli for his protege Amit Mishra's strong showing in the Sri Lanka series.

Indian Test captain Virat Kohli praised Ishant Sharma's performance and said he was glad that Sri Lanka riled the paceman up.

The Indian Test team is young, as has been repeatedly pointed out and it is quite clearly Virat Kohli's team. Importantly, it has not taken long for the team to buy into his ideas.

Player of the series, Ravichandran Ashwin, opens up about hitting the perfect rhythm and his holding role in the SSC Test.

Ishant Sharma and Dinesh Chandimal have been given one-match bans for breaching the ICC code of conduct. Dhammika Prasad and Lahiru Thirimanne have been fined 50 per cent of match fees.

Angelo Mathews hailed his bowlers and felt Sri Lanka's batting has been the problem all through and the main reason for their series defeat to India on Tuesday.

India beat Sri Lanka by 117 runs in Colombo to seal a historic series win.

India ended their 22-year-long wait to win a Test series in Sri Lanka after Virat Kohli & Co. recorded a comprehensive 117-run victory in Colombo.

Ravichandran Ashwin struck late to end a gritty partnership of 135 between Angelo Mathews (110 not out) and Kusal Perera (70) to keep India's hopes of a historic series win alive in the second session of the final Test in Colombo.

Angelo Mathews scored a defiant 23rd half century on a testing morning session of Day 5 to keep Sri Lanka's hopes of survival going.