India v Sri Lanka, Colombo

India 503/9

Sri Lanka 290/10 & 429/9

Match drawn

India v Sri Lanka 2026 · 2nd Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Colombo 23–27 Aug 2026

How hard each side found the batting

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

India

0.99× -1%

Sri Lanka

0.98× -2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How Sri Lanka's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

GS Dinusha Sri Lanka

236 +545

DPS Sooriyabandara Sri Lanka

172 +232

Dhruv Jurel India

115 +219

D Padikkal India

117 +140

PHKD Mendis Sri Lanka

87 +99

Best bowling

Top match figures

AM Fernando4/106

M Prasidh Krishna3/52

MJ Suthar3/85

RA Jadeja3/94

Top score

133*

GS Dinusha · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

120

3rd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–40

3 wkts for 40 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

India

503 /9 (138.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	b AM Fernando	45	53	9	0	84.91
KL Rahul	c N Dickwella b CBRLS Kumara	18	33	2	1	54.55
D Padikkal	b K Nuwantha	117	193	12	0	60.62
Shubman Gill	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	50	108	6	0	46.30
RR Pant	c LU Igalagamage b K Nuwantha	63	89	6	2	70.79
RA Jadeja	b AM Fernando	43	83	4	0	51.81
Dhruv Jurel*	not out	115	177	9	2	64.97
Saransh Jain	c K Mishara b AM Fernando	6	8	1	0	75.00
MJ Suthar	c N Dickwella b NGRP Jayasuriya	18	51	2	0	35.29
Mohammed Siraj	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	3	29	0	0	10.34
M Prasidh Krishna*	not out	4	7	1	0	57.14

Extras 21 (b 8, lb 3, w 7, nb 3)

Total 503/9 (138.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	29.0	5	106	4	3.66
CBRLS Kumara	20.0	4	68	1	3.40
NGRP Jayasuriya	42.0	7	132	2	3.14
K Nuwantha	38.0	3	154	2	4.05
GS Dinusha	3.0	0	8	0	2.67
DM de Silva	2.0	0	8	0	4.00
K Mishara	4.0	0	16	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-37 (KL Rahul, 10.4)·2-66 (YBK Jaiswal, 16.6)·3-186 (Shubman Gill, 51.5)·4-281 (D Padikkal, 76.2)·5-296 (RA Jadeja, 84.1)·6-307 (Saransh Jain, 86.5)·7-419 (RR Pant, 112.1)·8-458 (MJ Suthar, 124.4)·9-489 (Mohammed Siraj, 136.1)

Sri Lanka

290 /10 (89.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
LU Igalagamage	c YBK Jaiswal b M Prasidh Krishna	1	6	0	0	16.67
K Mishara	c Dhruv Jurel b M Prasidh Krishna	19	25	3	0	76.00
NGRP Jayasuriya	lbw b MJ Suthar	2	7	0	0	28.57
DPS Sooriyabandara	b RA Jadeja	80	133	10	0	60.15
PHKD Mendis	c RA Jadeja b M Prasidh Krishna	32	58	3	1	55.17
DM de Silva	c KL Rahul b MJ Suthar	8	14	2	0	57.14
GS Dinusha	c KL Rahul b Saransh Jain	103	162	9	3	63.58
N Dickwella	c Dhruv Jurel b Mohammed Siraj	0	3	0	0	0.00
K Nuwantha	c Saransh Jain b MJ Suthar	18	74	2	1	24.32
CBRLS Kumara	c Dhruv Jurel b Saransh Jain	12	58	2	0	20.69
AM Fernando*	not out	1	4	0	0	25.00

Extras 14 (lb 6, w 2, nb 6)

Total 290/10 (89.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammed Siraj	11.0	0	33	1	3.00
M Prasidh Krishna	16.0	2	52	3	3.25
MJ Suthar	22.0	1	85	3	3.86
Saransh Jain	20.4	6	69	2	3.34
RA Jadeja	20.0	4	45	1	2.25

Fall of wickets

1-1 (LU Igalagamage, 1.2)·2-8 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 2.6)·3-35 (K Mishara, 9.3)·4-122 (PHKD Mendis, 29.6)·5-137 (DM de Silva, 34.5)·6-171 (DPS Sooriyabandara, 44.7)·7-173 (N Dickwella, 45.4)·8-230 (K Nuwantha, 68.2)·9-288 (CBRLS Kumara, 86.5)·10-290 (GS Dinusha, 89.4)

Sri Lanka

429 /9 (154.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
LU Igalagamage	c Saransh Jain b Mohammed Siraj	3	15	0	0	20.00
K Mishara	lbw b RA Jadeja	32	39	3	1	82.05
DPS Sooriyabandara	st RR Pant b MJ Suthar	92	173	10	1	53.18
PHKD Mendis	c Shubman Gill b M Prasidh Krishna	55	92	2	3	59.78
DM de Silva	c D Padikkal b MJ Suthar	23	44	1	1	52.27
GS Dinusha*	not out	133	264	8	2	50.38
N Dickwella	lbw b Saransh Jain	6	12	1	0	50.00
K Nuwantha	c Dhruv Jurel b MJ Suthar	46	150	4	0	30.67
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Dhruv Jurel b RA Jadeja	2	28	0	0	7.14
CBRLS Kumara	c YBK Jaiswal b RA Jadeja	12	90	1	0	13.33
AM Fernando*	not out	0	24	0	0	0.00

Extras 25 (b 7, lb 8, w 3, nb 7)

Total 429/9 (154.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Prasidh Krishna	18.3	4	57	1	3.08
Mohammed Siraj	15.0	7	26	1	1.73
MJ Suthar	41.0	7	121	3	2.95
Saransh Jain	37.0	4	98	1	2.65
RA Jadeja	38.3	4	94	3	2.44
Shubman Gill	2.0	0	8	0	4.00
YBK Jaiswal	1.0	0	9	0	9.00
Dhruv Jurel	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-5 (LU Igalagamage, 3.3)·2-63 (K Mishara, 14.5)·3-178 (PHKD Mendis, 43.1)·4-209 (DM de Silva, 58.5)·5-212 (DPS Sooriyabandara, 60.3)·6-218 (N Dickwella, 64.2)·7-330 (K Nuwantha, 104.4)·8-355 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 116.3)·9-402 (CBRLS Kumara, 144.4)