Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Jurel's Unbeaten 95 Lifts India as Rain Stops Colombo Test
India scored 475 runs while losing eight wickets against Sri Lanka.
Dhruv Jurel played very carefully and was still not out after scoring 95 runs.
He needed only five more runs for a century.
Rishabh Pant scored 63 before he was caught soon after play restarted.
Pant and Jurel had added 112 runs together.
Manav Suthar then helped Jurel add more runs before being dismissed by Prabath Jayasuriya.
Mohammed Siraj was still waiting to score when the rain came.
The rain stopped the match early and forced the players to take tea ahead of schedule.
Dhruv Jurel remained unbeaten on 95 as India reached 475/8 on day two.
Rain and worsening weather forced an early tea at Colombo’s SSC Ground.
Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 63 immediately after play resumed, ending a 112-run stand with Jurel.
Manav Suthar made 18 before Prabath Jayasuriya dismissed him, though reports differed on their partnership total.
India’s leading scores were Devdutt Padikkal’s 117 and Jurel’s unbeaten 95, while Asitha Fernando had figures of 4/78.
- Who
- India and Sri Lanka, with Dhruv Jurel unbeaten on 95 for India.
- What
- India reached 475/8 during the second day of the second and final Test.
- When
- Monday, during day two; one report dates the match August 24.
- Where
- The SSC Ground in Colombo.
- Why
- Heavy rain, strong winds and darkening skies forced the umpires to stop play and call an early tea.
- India score
- 475/8 in 131.2 overs
- Top scores
- Devdutt Padikkal 117; Dhruv Jurel 95 not out; Rishabh Pant 63
- Jurel's position
- Unbeaten on 95 from 155 balls, five runs short of a century
- Key stand
- Pant and Jurel added 112 runs for the sixth wicket
- Sri Lanka bowling
- Asitha Fernando 4/78; Keshara Nuwantha 2/154
- Weather interruption
- Heavy rain brought an early end to the second session and forced early tea
- Reported Suthar stand
- Reports differed, giving the Jurel-Suthar partnership as either 39 or 54 runs
