10 Most talked about moments of Indian cricket in 2015

5. The Sri Lanka tour:

In what turned out to be a gem of a Test series, India beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in their backyard. What made the victory even more special was the fact that India had lost the first Test from a dominant position yet the players kept their spirits up to register a grand comeback. Virat Kohli led the team brilliantly as the young team played fearless cricket, something that was advocated by the team management. There were several individual performances that made an impact, however, the most impressive part was that the team played as a cohesive unit, complimenting one another well and never let their shoulders drop in demanding situations.

India was bowled out for 112 in the first Test chasing a target of 176; a huge psychological blow considering India had dominated the entire match apart from one session that witnessed the home side’s Dinesh Chandimal playing the best knock of his career till date. Hundreds from KL Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane along with fifties from skipper Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha and Murali Vijay enabled India to dominate the match which the team eventually pocketed by a huge margin of 278 runs.

An injury to Vijay got Cheteshwar Pujara back in the team for the decider. His magnificent 145* in the first innings of the match was one of the high points of the series. Ishant Sharma bowled with fire picking up a match haul of 8 wickets as the team won by 117 runs and sealed the series. He was involved with in an altercation with Sri Lanka’s Dhammika Prasad that earned him a one-match suspension. R Ashwin took 21 wickets and finished as the highest wicket-taker in the series followed by Amit Mishra who got 15. Their spectacular spin bowling partnership became a major talking point of the series.