India v Sri Lanka, Galle

India 462/10 & 193/10

Sri Lanka 284/10 & 206/10

India won by 165 runs

India v Sri Lanka 2026 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 15–19 Aug 2026

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

India

0.97× -3%

Sri Lanka

0.98× -2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How India's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

GS Dinusha Sri Lanka

184 +301

D Padikkal India

211 +263

N Dickwella Sri Lanka

90 +138

RR Pant India

105 +134

KL Rahul India

117 +124

Best bowling

Top match figures

MJ Suthar6/55

AM Fernando4/31

MJ Suthar4/76

NGRP Jayasuriya4/109

Top score

167

D Padikkal · India

Biggest stand

189

2nd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 165 runs

Length5 days

India

462 /10 (116.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	run out (N Dickwella)	32	37	5	0	86.49
KL Rahul	c KNM Fernando b K Nuwantha	82	175	10	1	46.86
D Padikkal	st N Dickwella b NGRP Jayasuriya	167	230	15	1	72.61
Shubman Gill	c LU Igalagamage b NGRP Jayasuriya	16	28	2	0	57.14
RR Pant	c GS Dinusha b K Nuwantha	39	62	4	1	62.90
Dhruv Jurel	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	51	68	4	1	75.00
RA Jadeja	lbw b K Nuwantha	13	25	1	0	52.00
MJ Suthar	c LU Igalagamage b NGRP Jayasuriya	24	43	2	0	55.81
Mohammed Siraj	c DM de Silva b AM Fernando	11	15	0	1	73.33
M Prasidh Krishna	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	2	7	0	0	28.57
Kuldeep Yadav*	not out	13	14	2	0	92.86

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 4)

Total 462/10 (116.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	17.4	1	63	2	3.57
CBRLS Kumara	13.0	1	76	0	5.85
K Nuwantha	39.0	1	175	3	4.49
NGRP Jayasuriya	39.0	6	109	4	2.79
DM de Silva	4.0	0	15	0	3.75
GS Dinusha	4.0	0	17	0	4.25

Fall of wickets

1-47 (YBK Jaiswal, 10.6)·2-236 (Shubman Gill, 61.5)·3-307 (RR Pant, 80.4)·4-319 (KL Rahul, 84.1)·5-357 (D Padikkal, 91.3)·6-377 (RA Jadeja, 98.1)·7-432 (Dhruv Jurel, 109.1)·8-447 (Mohammed Siraj, 112.6)·9-447 (MJ Suthar, 113.1)·10-462 (M Prasidh Krishna, 116.4)

Sri Lanka

284 /10 (79.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KNM Fernando	c D Padikkal b Mohammed Siraj	0	2	0	0	0.00
LD Chandimal	c RR Pant b MJ Suthar	4	16	0	0	25.00
LU Igalagamage	c YBK Jaiswal b MJ Suthar	27	44	6	0	61.36
PHKD Mendis	c Shubman Gill b Kuldeep Yadav	14	25	1	1	56.00
DM de Silva	c KL Rahul b RA Jadeja	21	41	4	0	51.22
GS Dinusha	lbw b RA Jadeja	100	168	4	2	59.52
N Dickwella	c RR Pant b M Prasidh Krishna	80	115	7	0	69.57
K Nuwantha	c Shubman Gill b RA Jadeja	2	18	0	0	11.11
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Dhruv Jurel b MJ Suthar	10	43	2	0	23.26
CBRLS Kumara	st RR Pant b MJ Suthar	10	5	1	1	200.00
AM Fernando*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 8, lb 2, w 2, nb 4)

Total 284/10 (79.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	29	1	3.22
M Prasidh Krishna	14.0	0	47	1	3.36
MJ Suthar	21.4	1	76	4	3.51
Kuldeep Yadav	14.0	0	65	1	4.64
RA Jadeja	21.0	5	57	3	2.71

Fall of wickets

1-0 (KNM Fernando, 0.2)·2-27 (LD Chandimal, 7.1)·3-53 (LU Igalagamage, 13.5)·4-59 (PHKD Mendis, 16.1)·5-90 (DM de Silva, 26.1)·6-236 (N Dickwella, 61.4)·7-243 (K Nuwantha, 66.4)·8-274 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 77.5)·9-274 (GS Dinusha, 78.1)·10-284 (CBRLS Kumara, 79.4)

India

193 /10 (48.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	0	3	0	0	0.00
D Padikkal	lbw b K Nuwantha	44	75	6	0	58.67
KL Rahul	c RMMP Rathnayake b NGRP Jayasuriya	35	47	2	2	74.47
Shubman Gill	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	8	20	1	0	40.00
RR Pant	c N Dickwella b CBRLS Kumara	66	69	8	2	95.65
Dhruv Jurel	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	7	15	1	0	46.67
RA Jadeja	c DPS Sooriyabandara b CBRLS Kumara	9	19	0	0	47.37
MJ Suthar	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	9	25	1	0	36.00
Kuldeep Yadav	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	5	10	0	0	50.00
Mohammed Siraj*	not out	2	6	0	0	33.33
M Prasidh Krishna	c CBRLS Kumara b AM Fernando	2	7	0	0	28.57

Extras 6 (lb 1, w 2, nb 3)

Total 193/10 (48.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	8.5	0	31	4	3.51
K Nuwantha	23.0	3	86	1	3.74
NGRP Jayasuriya	11.0	0	43	3	3.91
DM de Silva	1.0	0	4	0	4.00
CBRLS Kumara	5.0	0	28	2	5.60

Fall of wickets

1-0 (YBK Jaiswal, 0.3)·2-65 (KL Rahul, 14.4)·3-81 (Shubman Gill, 20.5)·4-111 (D Padikkal, 27.2)·5-120 (Dhruv Jurel, 30.3)·6-174 (RR Pant, 40.3)·7-179 (RA Jadeja, 42.3)·8-188 (MJ Suthar, 46.2)·9-190 (Kuldeep Yadav, 47.1)·10-193 (M Prasidh Krishna, 48.5)

Sri Lanka

206 /10 (77.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KNM Fernando	c M Prasidh Krishna b Mohammed Siraj	6	27	0	0	22.22
LU Igalagamage	c Dhruv Jurel b MJ Suthar	16	58	1	0	27.59
DPS Sooriyabandara	lbw b MJ Suthar	0	1	0	0	0.00
PHKD Mendis	c KL Rahul b M Prasidh Krishna	2	12	0	0	16.67
DM de Silva	c MJ Suthar b RA Jadeja	59	151	7	0	39.07
GS Dinusha	c Dhruv Jurel b MJ Suthar	84	128	8	1	65.62
N Dickwella	c RR Pant b M Prasidh Krishna	10	17	1	0	58.82
K Nuwantha	b MJ Suthar	20	69	3	0	28.99
NGRP Jayasuriya	b MJ Suthar	0	1	0	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara	c RR Pant b MJ Suthar	0	4	0	0	0.00
AM Fernando*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 5, lb 1, nb 3)

Total 206/10 (77.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	2	15	1	1.67
MJ Suthar	23.4	2	55	6	2.32
M Prasidh Krishna	10.0	3	16	2	1.60
RA Jadeja	23.0	3	71	1	3.09
Kuldeep Yadav	11.0	0	38	0	3.45
D Padikkal	1.0	0	5	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-13 (KNM Fernando, 6.6)·2-14 (DPS Sooriyabandara, 7.2)·3-21 (PHKD Mendis, 10.4)·4-47 (LU Igalagamage, 21.4)·5-142 (DM de Silva, 55.2)·6-156 (N Dickwella, 59.6)·7-199 (GS Dinusha, 75.1)·8-199 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 75.2)·9-199 (CBRLS Kumara, 75.6)·10-206 (K Nuwantha, 77.4)