Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Yuvraj Singh Trolls Rishabh Pant After India’s Sri Lanka Win
India won the first Test against Sri Lanka by 165 runs.
The match was played in Galle and was interrupted by rain.
Manav Suthar bowled very well and took 10 wickets in the match.
This was only Suthar’s second Test.
Rishabh Pant helped India by scoring 39 runs in one innings and 66 in the other.
Former cricketer Yuvraj Singh teased Pant because he came close to scoring a fifty and a hundred but missed both.
Sri Lanka tried to fight back, led by Dhananjaya de Silva and Sonal Dinusha.
India’s win was important for its position in the World Test Championship standings.
India defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first Test at Galle on Wednesday.
Manav Suthar took 10 wickets in his second Test, including 6/55 in Sri Lanka’s second innings.
Rishabh Pant scored 39 in the first innings and 66 in the second innings.
Yuvraj Singh joked that Pant “missed his fifty then his 100” while praising his performance.
India made 464 in the first innings, while Sri Lanka were bowled out for 206 chasing 372.
- Who
- India defeated Sri Lanka, with Manav Suthar taking 10 wickets and Rishabh Pant contributing with the bat.
- What
- India won the first Test by 165 runs.
- When
- Wednesday, after a five-day Test match.
- Where
- Galle, Sri Lanka.
- Why
- India needed the win for its position in the World Test Championship 2025-27 points table.
- Result
- India beat Sri Lanka by 165 runs.
- Venue
- Galle, Sri Lanka.
- India first innings
- 464 runs.
- Sri Lanka second innings
- 206 all out.
- India’s target
- Sri Lanka needed 372 runs to win.
- Manav Suthar
- Match figures of 10 wickets, including 6/55 in the second innings.
- Rishabh Pant
- Scored 39 in the first innings and 66 in the second.
- Yuvraj Singh’s comment
- He joked that Pant “missed his fifty then his 100.”