Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Jadeja Breaks Sri Lanka Resistance as India Near Test Win
India is playing Sri Lanka in a five-day cricket match in Galle.
Sri Lanka needs 372 runs to win.
By lunch on the final day, Sri Lanka had scored 175 runs and lost six wickets.
This means India was close to winning.
Sonal Dinusha and Dhananjaya de Silva stopped India from taking wickets for a long time.
Together, they scored 95 runs.
Ravindra Jadeja then dismissed de Silva after the batter hit the ball into the air.
Prasidh Krishna also dismissed Niroshan Dickwella, but Dinusha and Keshara Nuwantha were still batting at lunch.
Sri Lanka reached 175/6 at lunch on the fifth and final day.
Chasing 372, Sri Lanka still needed 197 runs for victory.
Sonal Dinusha and Dhananjaya de Silva added 95 runs from 202 balls.
Ravindra Jadeja dismissed de Silva for 59 with a top-edged sweep.
Prasidh Krishna dismissed Niroshan Dickwella, while Dinusha remained unbeaten on 65.
- Who
- India and Sri Lanka, with Ravindra Jadeja making a key breakthrough for India.
- What
- Sri Lanka reached 175/6 while chasing 372 in the first Test.
- When
- Wednesday, during lunch on the fifth and final day.
- Where
- Galle.
- Why
- Sri Lanka was trying to complete a difficult run chase, while India was seeking victory.
- Match
- First Test between India and Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka score
- 175/6 at lunch
- Target
- 372 runs
- Runs still needed
- 197
- Partnership
- Sonal Dinusha and Dhananjaya de Silva added 95 runs
- Top scores
- Sonal Dinusha 65; Dhananjaya de Silva 59
- Key wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Dhananjaya de Silva; Prasidh Krishna dismissed Niroshan Dickwella
