Skipper Virat Kohli and opener Murali Vijay knitted a mammoth 283-run stand for the third wicket to help hosts dominate against Sri Lanka on day 1 of the third and final Test at Kotla, Delhi.
England skipper Joe Root expressed confidence that Moeen would play in the second Test irrespective of he was able to bowl or not.
The New Zealand team will play only four Tests at home this summer — two against the West Indies over the next two weeks and two against England in March in a season otherwise heavy with one-day and T20 Internationals.
Ashwin became the fastest bowler to reach the milestone of 300 Test wickets in his 54th match, breaking Dennis Lillee's record during India's comprehensive win over Sri Lanka in the second Test.
Rohit Sharma will take on the leadership duties from Kohli in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka beginning on December 10 in Dharamsala.
Playing his first Test in more than a year after recovering from a career-threatening injury, Rohit scored his first hundred in the longest format in more than four years.
Ravichandran Ashwin, who had a match-haul of 8 for 130, bowled Sri Lanka's Lahiru Gamage with a doosra to bring down curtains on one of the most lop-sided Test matches in recent times.
The unbroken 173-run stand between Warner and Bancroft, who is playing his first Test, was the biggest opening partnership in a successful fourth-innings run chase in Test cricket, according to Cricinfo.
Ravichandran Ashwin picked up another four-for as India decimated Sri Lanka by an innings and 239 runs to take the 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series in Nagpur on Monday.
Skipper Virat Kohli (213) scored his fifth Test double hundred while Rohit Sharma (102 not out) scored his third century as India declared their first innings at 610/6, taking a mammoth lead of 405 against Sri Lanka on day three in Nagpur.
Now, Kohli also holds the record for the most number of centuries by an Indian skipper (12 tons), moving ahead of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar (11 hundreds).
Shanaka was found to have breached Article 2.2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "changing the condition of the ball in breach of clause 41.3."
India reduced Sri Lanka to 21 for one in their second innings at stumps on the third day of the second Test in Nagpur on Sunday. At the close of play, Sri Lanka still trail India by 384 runs with nine wickets in hand.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored his 14th test century and remained unbeaten on 121 as India finished day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka at 312/2 Saturday in its first innings with a lead of 107 runs.
India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Murali Vijay (128) and Cheteshwar Pujara (121*) smashed brilliant hundreds to give hosts a firm grip in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Nagpur.
India's spin duo of - Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared seven wickets as Sri Lanka were spun out for 205 by India on the first day of the second Test on Friday in Nagpur.
An 89-run partnership between captain Smith, who scored his 22nd Test half-century, and recalled No. 6 Shaun Marsh, who was unbeaten on 44, salvaged the innings after the hosts slumped to 76/4 at the start of Friday's evening session.
India vs Sri Lanka: Ravichandran Ashwin picked up a four-fer and led from the front to bowl out an inexperienced Lankan side for 205 on day one of the second Test in Nagpur.
The right-handed Vince defied Australia's much-vaunted pace attack for most of the opening day of the series, scoring 83, almost double his previous high score in Test cricket before he was dismissed in a play-of-the-day style run out by Nathan Lyon.
The Indian skipper once again spoke in a roundabout manner about the cramped schedule, which hampers preparation for the upcoming South Africa tour.
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