In the second Test match against Team India, was bowled out for 290 runs in 89.4 overs on Day 4 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo.
With this, the hosts could not prevent the follow-on that India imposed and are trailing by 213 runs.
Sonal Dinusha delivered a crucial knock of 103 runs in 162 balls, including eight boundaries and three maximums. Keshara Nuwantha managed to score 18 runs in 74 balls, including two boundaries and a maximum. Lahiru Kumara accumulated 12 runs off 58 balls, with the help of two boundaries. Asitha Fernando stayed unbeaten on one run in four balls.
Team India’s and Manav Suthar claimed three wickets each. Having bowled 16 overs, Krishna conceded 52 runs, whereas Suthar leaked 85 runs in 22 overs. Saransh Jain also bagged two wickets. Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja registered one wicket each to their names.
IND vs SL 2nd Test: Sri Lanka’s batsmen performances
Earlier, Sri Lanka’s opening batsman Lahiru Udara was dismissed on one run in six balls. Fellow opening batsman Kamil Mishara departed after scoring 19 runs in 25 balls, including three boundaries. Prabath Jayasuriya registered two runs in seven balls.
Pasindu Sooriyabandara garnered 80 runs off 133 deliveries. His knock was laced with nine boundaries. Kamindu Mendis returned to the pavilion after accumulating 32 runs in 58 balls, with the help of three boundaries and a maximum. Captain Dhananjaya de Silva scored eight runs in 14 balls, including two boundaries. Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella was dismissed on a three-ball duck.
The ongoing series is one of the important series for Team India in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. The win in the second Test match against Sri Lanka will be crucial for Team India to keep hopes alive for the WTC final.
Shubman Gill-led men are leading the two-match Test series by 1-0 against Sri Lanka.
Currently placed fifth in the points table, two-time finalists are locked in an uphill battle to win the majority of their remaining matches in the World Test Championship 2025-2027 and move up.