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Rain-hit Galle Test: Padikkal's 167 drives India to 460/9

Rain-hit Galle Test: Padikkal's 167 drives India to 460/9
How persistent rain dictated India’s approach on the second day of Galle Test · indianexpress.com

Cricket is a game played with a bat and ball, and India and Sri Lanka are playing a big match against each other.

The match is happening in a city called Galle, in Sri Lanka.

It has been raining a lot, and the rain keeps stopping the players from playing.

On the second day of the match, the players could not start until the afternoon.

A player from India named Devdutt Padikkal scored 167 runs, which is a very big score in cricket.

Thanks to his great batting, India scored 460 runs before losing nine of its ten wickets.

Other Indian players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel also batted, but for shorter periods.

Rain has already made the players lose 54 overs of play, and more rain might come in the next few days.

India wants to win, so its bowlers will have to take Sri Lanka's batters out quickly.

Key facts

Match
First Test, Sri Lanka vs India
Venue
Galle, Sri Lanka
Day 2 play start
Delayed to 2:35 PM by rain
Overs lost to rain
54 (in total so far)
Overs played on Day 2
43
India's first-innings total
460/9
Top scorer
Devdutt Padikkal, 167
KL Rahul's innings
82 off 175 balls

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