#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 0 - 🇮🇳 1

 India comfortably goes 1-0 ahead, on day 5.

India bag a victory in their 600th Test match! 🇮🇳🤍

India got the job done in time before the heavens 🌧 🌧 🌧 opened up in Galle 😅

Devdutt Padikkal is POTM = 167 + 44 runs. 

Post Lunch India wrapped Sri Lankan innings.

24 year old Manav Suthar get 10 wickets in the match. 

At LUNCH :  

The match is still hanging in the balance at Galle! 🤍👊

With two sessions remaining, Sri Lanka need 197 runs, while India need just 4 wickets for victory. 🇮🇳🇱🇰🍿

#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳 Day 4

The Maverick Rishabh Pant...does it again, puts India in front..

Updates : Day 4 of the Galle Test!

On Day 5 : To WIN : 

288 runs for  🇱🇰 OR  6 Wickets for 🇮🇳  

𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐄𝐒! 🇮🇳🚀

At just 28 years old, he achieves this incredible feat and becomes only the fourth batter overall to reach the milestone! 🤍🔥

Post Tea: 

Indian Bowlers got 4 Sri Lankan batters for 84 still need 288 more.

Post Lunch : 

India failed to reach 200 ..193 all down.

Target for Sri Lanka is 372.

Good session for Sri Lanka, took all balance 6 Indian wickets,  with a very slow over rate. 

Pant dismissed on 66 : Lead 352.

India lead by 350 : 172/5 : 40 Ov Pant 65*

Indian lead cross 300 after loosing Jurel cheaply 120/5.

At Lunch : 

Rishabh Pant (21*) and Dhruv Jurel (5*) in the middle as #TeamIndia move to 116/4 & lead Sri Lanka by 294 runs. 

Devdutt Padikkal's 211 runs in this match are the most by a No. 3 for India in a men's Test since Rahul Dravid's 215 vs Sri Lanka in the 2009 Ahmedabad Test.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Jinks...Rahane partnership continues on a different pitch..

#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳 Day 3

INDIA Were ON TOP AT GALLE! 🇮🇳🔥,But ..

Excellent recovery by  🇱🇰 through 146 runs partnership  from 90 for 5 to 236 for 6 by Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha.

Day 3 : Updates from beautiful  Galle 🏟️

Shubman Gill took Super Sensational catch to dismiss 4th Sri Lankan batter :

The feeling of getting your 350th Test wicket 

#TeamIndia all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja becomes only the Fifth Indian to achieve this milestone in men's cricket 👏👏 

Joins the elite club of 4000+ runs and 350+ wickets. ❤️💚💙🧡

Innings Break!

Sri Lanka are all-out for 284

4 wickets for Manav Suthar

3 wickets for Ravindra Jadeja

1 wicket each for Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav.

A fabulous century comes to an end for Sonal Dinusha! 🤍👏

Ravindra Jadeja sends him back soon after reaching his ton at Galle, and the hosts are now nine wickets down! 🔥🌟🇮🇳

🇱🇰 - 274/9 (78.1)

Prasidh Krishna breaks the 146-run stand at Galle! 🇮🇳🔥

Partnership broken! 🔥

Prasidh Krishna breaks the 146-run stand and gets his first wicket 👏

Niroshan Dickwella departs for 80.

A valiant knock comes to an end for Niroshan Dickwella. Can India wrap things up from here? 🤔

🇱🇰 - 236/6 (61.4)

STUMPS :  🇱🇰 284 :  🇮🇳 Lead by 178 runs.

Tea :  🇱🇰 215/5.

Lunch:  🇱🇰 99/5 :  🇮🇳 : 462.

#SLvIND : 🇱🇰 × 🇮🇳 Day2

Updates from one of most beautiful Cricket Ground Galle 🏟️

Day 2 : 55 Overs lost due to rain. 

 🇮🇳 : 43 Overs : 174 runs : 7 Wkts. 

At  Stumps: 460/9 : 116 Overs.

Dhruv Jurel 50* (66) : 427/6. Partnership 50*.

400/6 : 103.4 Ov : Jurel + Suthar

Jadeja 13 : 377/6.

Tea : 364/5.

3 wickets for 76 runs by Sri Lankan bowlers., after a delayed start in second session. 

Rishabh Pant (39) ❌  KL Rahul (82) ❌ & 

Devdutt Padikkal (167) ❌

Keshara Nuwantha and Prabath Jayasuriya both have two wicket apiece.

From 307 for 2, India are 357 for 5.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗗𝗣 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 ✨: Devdutt Padikkal : 

Determination. Discipline. Patience.

167 Runs : 230 Balls : 15 Fours: 1 six.

That was a top-tier knock from Devdutt Padikkal 🔝 👏

The centurion of  Day 1 in Galle 💯 stumped .

Start of play on Day 2 had been delayed due to rain, started at 14.35 hrs.

Scorecard ▶️ https://bcci.tv/matches/9492698a-0cbe-4faa-ab47-44c1048dc8d0/sri-lanka-vs-india

The ever reliable partnership of Jinx Rahane n Cheteshwar Pujara continues on different pitch too...