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Spin duo demolish India

Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis spun Sri Lanka to an innings and 239-run victory over India with a full day to spare of the first Test in Colombo.

Muralitharan picked up six second-innings wickets to add to the five he took in the first, and Mendis claimed a match haul of eight wickets as Mahela Jayawardene's side went 1-0 up in emphatic style in the three-Test series.

India, forced to follow on after being bowled out for 223 in the first innings in reply to Sri Lanka's 600 for six declared, were bowled out for 138 in the second innings less than an hour after tea on the fourth day.

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