25 August,2026 03:31 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Team India`s players celebrate a wicket during the second Test match against Sri Lanka (Pic: X/@BCCI)
In the second Test match against Team India, Sri Lanka has reached the score of 216 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 65 overs at tea on Day 3 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo.
Sri Lanka's opening batsman Lahiru Kumar was dismissed on one run in six balls. Fellow opening batsman Kamil Mishara managed to score 19 runs in 25 balls, including three boundaries.
Prabath Jayasuriya departed on two runs in seven balls. Kamindu Mendis returned to the pavilion after scoring 32 runs in 58 balls. His knock included three boundaries and a maximum. Kamindu Mendis played a crucial knock of 80 runs which came in 133 balls, with the help of nine boundaries. Captain Dhananjaya de Siva was dismissed on eight runs in 14 balls, including two boundaries. Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella registered a three-ball duck.
Sonal Dinusha and Keshara Nuwantha are unbeaten at the crease. Dinusha has completed his half-century and is going strong against the Indian bowlers.
Team India's Prasidh Krishna has managed to claim three wickets. Manav Suthar has bagged two wickets. Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja have chipped in with one wicket each. Saransh Jain did not claim any wickets.
Dhruv Jurel's unbeaten century and a late double strike with the ball ensured India remained firmly in control at the end of Day 2 of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
India declared after posting a massive first-innings total of 503/9 as Dhruv Jurel joined Devdutt Padikkal in the first-innings centurion list. Sri Lanka's response got off to a bad start, reaching stumps at 8/2 while trailing by 495 runs with debutant Kamil Mishara unbeaten on 5.
India restarted the final session at 475/8, with Jurel sitting on 95 and Mohammed Siraj alongside him. Jurel safely navigated a tense period, enduring 13 straight dot balls while stranded on 99 before completing his second Test century off 171 deliveries. Once past three figures, the wicketkeeper-batter accelerated, hitting a pair of sixes over long-on.
Prabath Jayasuriya eventually dismissed Siraj for 3, but Prasidh Krishna helped push the visitors beyond 500. India declared at 503/9 in 138 overs, with Jurel standing firm on 115 not out alongside Prasidh (4'). Asitha was Sri Lanka's standout bowler with 4/106, while Jayasuriya and Keshara Nuwantha claimed two wickets each.
