Sri Lanka obliterates Australia in second Test
After a defeat against Australia in the first Test, Sri Lanka turned it around spectacularly in the second even as the country simmered under severe economic distress. Protesters stormed into the residence of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, forcing him to flee and to promise to resign as President.
Galle, too, had a revolutionary atmosphere and on the field the home team enjoyed one of its best outings in recent years, defeating Australia by an innings. Debutant spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took 12 wickets while Dinesh Chandimal
(in pic) scored an unbeaten double-century.