Padikkal misses Dravid's record by five runs in Galle Test

Cricket is a game where two teams take turns batting and bowling.

India's team was playing Sri Lanka in a special kind of cricket match called a Test match.

Devdutt Padikkal is a batter for India, and he did a great job.

He scored 167 runs in India's first turn to bat.

Then he scored 44 more runs in the second turn.

Altogether, he made 211 runs in the match.

That is very close to a record held by another famous Indian player, Rahul Dravid.

Dravid's record for an Indian No.

3 batter against Sri Lanka is 215 runs.

Padikkal missed it by just five runs.

Sri Lanka now needs 372 runs to win the match.