Colombo: Spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja shared seven wickets and helped India dismiss a Sri Lanka board XI for 187, starting their tour of the island in a dominant fashion.
India were 135 for three at stumps on the opening day Friday of a three-day warm-up match, trailing the hosts by 52 runs in the first innings.
Danushka Gunathilaka top scored for the Sri Lanka Board XI with 74 off 97 deliveries, hitting 11 boundaries. Lahiru Thirimanne, who has lost his place in the national team because of poor form. made 59.
Yadav took four wickets and Jadeja captured three.
K.L Rahul scored 54 for India.
