India moved to the top of the ICC Test rankings by completing an innings-and-24-run win over Sri Lanka on the final day of the third and final Test in Mumbai.
Left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan picked up five wickets as the Sri Lankans were bowled out for 309 in their second innings, captain Kumar Sangakkara eventually falling for 137.
His was one of the four wickets India needed to win the game and take the series 2-0, and Zaheer had him caught behind by Mahendra Singh Dhoni with Nuwan Kulasekara (19), Rangana Herath (3) and Muttiah Muralitharan (14) the other men to fall.
Zaheer dismissed Herath and Kulasekara to finish with five for 72 before Harbhajan Singh ended the game by having Muralitharan caught behind.
India's victory was set up by Virender Sehwag's 293 in their national record score of 726 for nine declared, for which he was named man of the match. Tillakaratne Dilshan (109) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (100no) also hit first-innings centuries for Sri Lanka and India respectively.
The first match in Ahmedabad was drawn before India won by an innings and 144 runs in Kanpur.
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