23 August,2026 06:24 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Devdutt Padikkal (Pic: X/@BCCI)
In the second Test match against Sri Lanka, Team India posted a total of 300 runs for the loss of five wickets in 85 overs at stumps on Day 1 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo.
Team India's Dhruv Jurel and Saransh Jain will resume Day 2 with the scores of seven and four runs, respectively. Jurel has faced 21 balls and smashed a boundary, whereas Jain has registered a boundary in five deliveries.
Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando returned with the figures of three wickets for 46 runs in 16 overs. Lahiru Kumara and Keshara Nuwantha also claimed one wicket each. Prabath Jayasuriya, Sonal Dinusha, Dhananjaya de Silva, and Kamil Mishara went wicketless on Day 1 of Team India's first innings in the second Test match.
Having opted to bat first, Team India's opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 45 runs in 53 balls, including nine boundaries. Fellow opening batsman KL Rahul also scored 18 runs in 33 balls, with the help of two boundaries and a maximum.
Devdutt Padikkal delivered a stunning knock of 117 runs off 193 deliveries, which was laced with 12 boundaries. Skipper Shubman Gill registered 50 runs in 108 balls, which included six boundaries. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was retired hurt on three runs in 15 balls.
Facing 83 balls, Ravindra Jadeja scored 43 runs, including four boundaries.
Earlier, the visitors entered the clash with one change. Saransh Jain came in place of Kuldeep Yadav. Jain made his Test debut for Team India.
After winning the toss, Team India's skipper Gill said, "Batting first, yes. [On the pitch] It looks like a much harder, much better surface compared to Galle. Galle was also a very good wicket, but I think as the game went on, it got a little bit slower and the ball started to turn. We're expecting the same, but I think for the first two or three days, I think it'll be a really good wicket to bat on. [Playing XI] Kuldeep, unfortunately, had some infections, so he misses out, and Saransh makes his debut for India. [How he would rate the Galle win] I would say probably a nine, because there's always room for improvement, and I think we played a pretty good match, a decent match. And obviously there were some areas where we could have got a little bit better, but, you know, this is Test cricket. It's very, very difficult to be able to have a near-perfect game because you're playing for five days, and to play that dominant and consistent cricket, especially in Test, is hard. But I think overall we had a pretty good match".
On the other hand, the hosts have made two changes. Kamil Mishara made his Test debut. Pasindu Sooriyabandara has been picked up in the playing XI, and Nishan Madushka, along with Dinesh Chandimal, have been benched for the second Test match.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Saransh Jain, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Sri Lanka: Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (C), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwell (WK), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando.
