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IND vs SL: Sri Lanka's innings ended at 290, India followed on, even Sonal Dinusha's century did not work.
Samira Vishwas | August 26, 2026 5:24 PM CST

IND vs SL 2nd Test: colombo test (IND vs SL) The Sri Lankan team collapsed on a score of just 290 in the first innings. Due to this India gave follow on to Sri Lanka. India scored 503 runs in the first innings, while Sri Lanka was left behind by 213 runs after playing the first innings. Sri Lanka needed 39 runs to save the follow-on on the fourth day of the match, but their team missed by 14 runs. Sonal Dinusha scored a brilliant century for Sri Lanka. He played an inning of 103 runs, but could not save his team from follow-on. Now Sri Lanka is coming out to bat again, while the Indian team will bowl again.

Saransh Jain took 2 wickets

When Sri Lanka came to bat fourth, their score was 265 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. India sent 2 Sri Lankan batsmen to the pavilion in just a few overs in the first session. For Team India, both these wickets were taken by Saransh Jain, who is playing his first international match. He first made Lahiru Kumara his victim and then dismissed Sonal Dinusha also. Sonal Dinusha fought hard for Sri Lanka to save the follow-on. He played an innings of 103 runs in 162 balls, but could not save his follow-on.

What happened in the last 3 days?

Batting first, India declared the innings after scoring 503 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. For India, Devdutt Padikkal (117) and Dhruv Jurel (115*) scored centuries, while Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant scored fifties. In response, the Sri Lankan team collapsed on the score of 290 in the first innings. For Sri Lanka, Sonal Dinusha played a brilliant inning of 103 runs, while Pasindu Suriyabandara scored 80 runs. Whereas, from India’s side, Manav Suthar and Prasidh Krishna took 3 wickets each. Apart from this, Saransh Jain took 2 wickets and Siraj and Jadeja also got 1 wicket each.

Sri Lanka started batting

Sri Lanka has started batting while playing follow on. Lahiru Udara and Kamil Mishara have come to open for Sri Lanka. The host team would like to take the lead over Team India by whatever means possible, which will reduce the risk of defeat. After this, they will want to set a big target by batting fast or try to draw by saving wickets. If Sri Lanka wants to draw this match, they will have to continue batting for 2 days. Now it will be interesting to see what approach Sri Lanka will adopt.


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