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India's bat roared in the ball, Padikkal played a brilliant inning of 167 runs: Score 460/9
Sandy Verma | August 16, 2026 11:24 PM CST

ind vs sr test: The second day of the first Test being played between India and Sri Lanka in Galle was also in the name of Indian batsmen. The game was interrupted due to rain but by the end of the day's play, India had scored 460 runs for 9 wickets. Devdutt Padikkal batted brilliantly and played a big inning of 167 runs. India started the day with a score of 288/2. Padikkal and Rishabh Pant took the innings forward. Padikkal batted with patience and took his score to 167. Whereas Dhruv Jurail scored 51 runs. Pant was out after scoring 39 runs, while Ravindra Jadeja could score only 13 runs.

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Rahul batted again

KL Rahul retired hurt after injuring his hand at the score of 77 runs on the first day. The next day he came on the field to bat again but could not last long. Rahul added only 5 more runs and returned to the pavilion after scoring 82 runs. Manav Suthar contributed 24 runs and Mohammad Siraj contributed 11 runs. At the end of the day's play, Kuldeep Yadav is present at the crease after scoring 12 runs and Prasidh Krishna has scored 1 run.

9 successes for Sri Lankan bowlers

Prabhat Jayasuriya was the most successful bowler for Sri Lanka. He took 4 wickets in his name. Debutant Keshav Nuwantha, 25, also impressed, taking 3 wickets while Asitha Fernando got one wicket. Yashasvi Jaiswal was run out. Now one wicket is left in India's account. It remains to be seen whether India will declare the innings or come out to bat at the beginning of the third day.

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Gill chose to bat on the first day

In the match, Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bat first. Till stumps on the first day, India had scored 288 runs for 2 wickets. At that time Padikkal was unbeaten on 131 runs and Pant was unbeaten on 27 runs. India had initially suffered a setback in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal. He was run out after scoring 32 runs. After this, captain Shubman Gill was out on the ball of Prabhat Jayasuriya on the score of 16 runs. The third day's play will start on Monday i.e. tomorrow at 10 am.


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