India bt Sri Lanka outright by 165 runs with a session to spare, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0

ICC 04th Men’s World Test Championship 2025 to 2027 – India Men’s Tour of Sri Lanka 2026 – 01st Test – Stadium, Galle District, Southern Province – concluded after 05 days

India electing to bat, 462 all out – ( 116.4 Overs ) Devdutt Padikkal 167 ( 1×6, 15×4, 230 balls ) – career best, maiden century – Lokesh Rahul 82, Dhruv Jurel 51, Rishabh Pant 39, Yashasvi Jaiswal 32, Manav Suthar 24, Extras 12 – Yashasvi Jaiswal / Lokesh Rahul 47 run opening stand, Lokesh Rahul / Devdutt Padikkal / Shubman Gill 189 runs for the 02nd wicket, Devdutt Padikkal / Rishabh Pant 71 runs for the 03rd wicket, Devdutt Padikkal / Dhruv Jurel 38 runs for the 05th wicket, Dhruv Jurel / Ravindra Jadeja 20 runs for the 06th wicket, Dhruv Jurel / Manav Suthar 55 runs for the 07th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 30 runs – Prabath Jayasuriya 4 / 109, Keshara Nuwantha 3 / 175 – on debut – Asitha Fernando 2 / 63, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva & Lahiru Igalagamage 02 catches each, Niroshan Dickwella 02 victims & 193 all out – ( 48.5 Overs ) Rishabh Pant 66, Devdutt Padikkal 44, Lokesh Rahul 35 – Lokesh Rahul / Devdutt Padikkal 65 runs for the 02nd wicket, Devdutt Padikkal / Rishabh Pant 30 runs for the 04th wicket, Rishabh Pant / Ravindra Jadeja 54 runs for the 06th wicket – lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 19 runs – Asitha Fernando 4 / 31, Prabath Jayasuriya 3 / 43, Lahiru Kumara 2 / 28, Niroshan Dickwella 04 victims.

Sri Lanka in reply, 284 all out – ( 79.4 Overs ) Sonal Dinusha 100 ( 2×6, 4×4, 168 balls ) – career best, maiden century – Niroshan Dickwella 80, Lahiru Igalagamage 27, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 21, Extras 16 – Lahiru Igalagamage / Dinesh Chandimal 27 runs for the 02nd wicket, Lahiru Igalagamage / Kamindu Mendis 26 runs for the 03rd wicket, Dhananjaya De Silva / Sonal Dinusha 31 runs for the 05th wicket, Sonal Dinusha / Niroshan Dickwella 146 runs for the 06th wicket, Sanal Dinusha / Prabath Jayasuriya 31 runs for the 08th wicket – lost the last 03 wickets for the addition of 10 runs – Manav Suthar 4 / 76, Ravindra Jadeja 3 / 57, Rishabh Pant 03 victims, Skipper Shubman Gill 02 catches & 206 all out – ( 77.4 Overs )
Sonal Dinusha 84, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 59, Keshara Nuwantha 20 – on debut – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 08 runs – Lahiru Igalagamage / Dhananjaya De Silva 26 runs for the 04th wicket, Dhananjaya De Silva / Sonal Dinusha 95 runs for the 05th wicket, Sonal Dinusha / Keshara Nuwantha 43 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 07 runs – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – Manav Suthar 6 / 55, Prasidh Krishna 2 / 16, Rishabh
Pant 02 victims, Dhruv Jurel 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Devdutt Padikkal – India

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