#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳 #Test 2 DAY 5

On Day 5 , in Colombo:

Host Sri Lanka done the unthinkable.India able to take just 3 lower order wickets.

Piled 429/9 through Sonal Dinusha's 133 not out, stretched lead to 216 runs, with one wicket in hand. Indian bowlers failed to wrap Sri Lankan innings, got 3 wickets in the day.  DRAW : 🇮🇳🤝🇱🇰.

So ultimately its 1-0 for India instead of 2-0.

Devdutt Padikkal is Player of the Series.

Sonal Dinusha, take a bow 🙌 is Player of the Match for 103 & 133 not out.

The eighth Sri Lanka batter to score two hundreds in a Test match - it's his third in four innings this series 😮

TEA BREAK ☕

With one session to go in Colombo, the match looks to be heading towards a draw! 🇮🇳🇱🇰🤝

Can we see a miracle in the final session?

Sri Lankan fight back continues till and past tea. India has got just 2 wickets in 2 sessions so far, for 154 runs : 383/8 : Sri Lankan Lead 170.

Manav Suthar breaks the 112-run stand straight after the lunch break! 🇮🇳🔥☝️

Can India pick up three more wickets and chase down the total? 🍿👀

🇱🇰 - 330/7 (104.4)

By Lunch Sri Lanka has scored 100 runs without losing a single wicket.

#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳 #Test 2 DAY 4

DAY 4: At SSC Colombo : 

At Stumps: 

Rain brings an early end to Day 4!

Sri Lanka 229/6 in the 2nd innings, lead by 16 runs.

At Tea:

Sri Lanka move to 199/3 and trail India by 14 runs. 

At Lunch :  

1 wicket each for Mohammed Siraj & Ravindra Jadeja as Sri Lanka trail by 130 runs! 

Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 290, and India have enforced the follow-on! 🇮🇳🤍

The hosts still trail by 213 runs. Can the visitors bowl them out again and seal the series? 🇱🇰👀*MAIDEN TEST WICKET FOR SARANSH JAIN! 🇮🇳🌟

The 58-run partnership has been broken, and Sri Lanka now need 16 more runs to avoid the follow-on with just one wicket in hand! ☝️SECOND TEST CENTURY FOR SONAL DINUSHA! 💯🇱🇰

Two centuries and a fifty in the ongoing series! Another fabulous knock from Dinusha in Colombo. 🤍📸

#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳 #Test 2 DAY 3

Day 3 in Colombo : 

Sri Lanka need 39 more runs to avoid follow on, with Sonal Dinusha not out on 85.

At Stumps:  

Rain brought early end to Day 3 in Colombo 🌧️Sri Lanka 265/8 in the first innings, trail by 238 runs.

At Tea:  

Sri Lanka 7 down as India picked  3 wickets in the Second Session! 

At  Lunch : 

Two wickets in the morning session for India Sri Lanka 130/4, trail by 373 more runs

#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳 #Test 2 DAY 2

Dhruv Jurel brings up a fantastic century in Colombo! 💯🇮🇳

Hundreds from Devdutt Padikkal & Dhruv Jurel and fifties from Rishabh Pant & Captain Shubman Gill! 

A solid show with the bat from #TeamIndia to post 503/9d on the board! 

Batting at No.7 Jurel scores his 2nd Test century.

Rain stoppage in 2nd Session : 

112 off 152 partnership between Pant & Jurel.

At  lunch :  

A strong morning session for #TeamIndia 🙌

Rishabh Pant (63*) & Dhruv Jurel (59*) at the crease as India reach 419/6 after 112 overs 👏👏

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Asitha Fernando have been fined 25% of their match fees and handed one demerit point each following the controversial head-pat incident! 🏏

#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳 #Test 2 DAY 1

Over to SSC , Colombo: 2nd Test: Day 1 : 

💯 in Galle

And HUNDRED 💯 again in Colombo🫡

Incredible batting from Devdutt Padikkal 👏

At Stumps India 300/5 : Jurel + Saransh.

Jadeja bowled before stumps on 43 : 296/5.

Devdutt Padikkal scores another Century...! Out on 117 off 193 : 281/4 : 76.2 Ov. Jurel in.

Rishabh Pant hit on wrist retired hurt 3 : at 207/3, Padikkal 78* : Ravindra Jadeja in.

At Tea on the opening Day of the 2nd Test! 

India move to 187/3: on the back of Devdutt Padikkal 63* and captain Shubman Gill's (50) half-centuries.

100 run stand ✅ : 120 off 209 .

Devdutt Padikkal and Captain Shubman Gill complete a century partnership. 🤝

A heated faceoff between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Asitha Fernando after the batter's dismissal in the first session 👀

Yashasvi Jaiswal is cleaned up by a ripper of a delivery, followed by a heated argument! 👀🥵

🇮🇳 :  66/2,  53/1 (16.1)

Devdutt Padikkal dropped on 0 & 1.

Lahiru Kumara draws first blood for the hosts! 🇱🇰👊

KL Rahul, after surviving the initial phase, departs for 18(33) as India lose their first wicket. ❌

🇮🇳 - 37/1 (10.4)

Indian skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and opted to bat first in Colombo. 🇮🇳🪙

Test cap to Saransh Jain.

BCCI UPDATE: Mr Kuldeep Yadav has not fully recovered from his viral illness. 

He was unavailable for selection in the Playing XI for the second Test against Sri Lanka. 

However, he can take the field as a concussion substitute, if required. 

*31 Tests. 31 Venues! 🤯🏟️

What an unreal stat for Yashasvi Jaiswal! He has never played a Test at the same venue twice in his career — and that streak continues in Colombo! 🇮🇳🌍