18 August,2026 07:08 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Team India`s players celebrate a wicket during th first Test match against Sri Lanka (Pic: X/@BCCI)
In the first Test match against Team India, Sri Lanka has posted a score of 84 runs for the loss of four wickets in 34 overs at stumps on Day 4.
In an attempt to chase a target of 372 runs, Sri Lanka's opening batsman Nishan Madushka departed on six runs after facing 27 balls. Fellow opening batsman Lahiru Udara returned to the pavilion on 16 runs in 58 balls, including a boundary. Pasindu Sooriyabandara was dismissed on a one-ball duck. Kamindu Mendis also managed to score two runs in 12 balls.
Captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Sonal Dinusha will resume Day 5. So far, facing 73 balls, de Silva has scored an unbeaten 31 runs, including three boundaries, whereas Dinusha is unbeaten on 25 runs, which came in 36 balls, with the help of four boundaries.
Team India's Manav Suthar claimed two wickets. Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna also chipped in with one wicket each. Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, and Devdutt Padikkal went wicketless on Day 4 of Sri Lanka's second innings in the first Test match.
Team India was bowled out for 193 runs on Day 4 at the Galle International Cricket Stadium near Galle Fort.
The visitors have a lead of 371 runs.
Coming to bat in the second innings, Team India's opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal departed on a three-ball duck. Fellow opening batsman KL Rahul departed after scoring 35 runs in 47 balls, with the help of two boundaries and the same number of maximums.
Skipper Shubman Gill was dismissed on eight runs in 20 balls, which included a boundary. Devdutt Padikkal returned to the pavilion after scoring 44 runs off 75 balls. His knock was laced with six boundaries. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant smashed 66 runs in 69 balls, including eight boundaries and two maximums. Facing 15 balls, Dhruv Jurel was dismissed on seven runs, which included a boundary.
Ravindra Jadeja and Manav Suthar registered the scores of nine runs. Jadeja faced 19 balls, whereas Suthar's knock of 25 balls included a boundary.
Kuldeep Yadav departed on five runs in 10 balls, followed by Prasidh Krishna's wicket. He scored two runs in seven balls. Mohammed Siraj stayed unbeaten on two runs in six balls.
Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando claimed four wickets for 31 runs in 8.5 overs. Prabath Jayasuriya bagged three wickets by conceding 43 runs in 11 overs. Lahiru Kumara and Keshara Nuwantha registered two and one wicket each to their names. Captain Dhananjaya de Silva went wicketless in Team India's second innings of the first Test match.
