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Padikkal, Rahul Help India Extend Lead on Day 4
Cricket is a game where two teams take turns batting and bowling.
India and Sri Lanka are playing a Test match, which is a long game that lasts five days.
On the fourth day, India was batting again to build a big lead.
To win, a team needs to score more runs than the other team.
Devdutt Padikkal scored 44 runs for India and helped his team in this effort.
Some other Indian batters, Yashasvi Jaiswal, K L Rahul, and Shubman Gill, got out early.
A Sri Lankan player named Dinesh Chandimal hurt his shoulder and went to the hospital for a check-up.
At lunch, India had 116 runs and had lost four batters, giving them a big overall lead of 294 runs.
Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel were still batting.
This puts India in a strong position to win the match.
Devdutt Padikkal scored 44 to anchor India's second innings on Day 4 in Galle.
India reached 116/4 at lunch, extending their overall lead to 294 runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, K L Rahul, and Shubman Gill were dismissed early in the innings.
Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal suffered a shoulder injury while fielding and was taken for a precautionary scan.
Rishabh Pant (21) and Dhruv Jurel (5) were unbeaten at the lunch break.
- Who
- India and Sri Lanka cricket teams, with Shubman Gill captaining India; key players included Devdutt Padikkal, K L Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, and Dhruv Jurel.
- What
- India reached 116/4 at lunch on Day 4, extending their overall lead to 294 runs in the first Test.
- Where
- Galle, Sri Lanka.
- When
- Day 4 of the first Test, on a Tuesday.
- Why
- India is building a large total to put pressure on Sri Lanka in the final innings of the Test.
Key facts
- Match
- 1st Test, India vs Sri Lanka
- Venue
- Galle
- India's second innings at lunch
- 116/4
- India's overall lead
- 294 runs
- India's first innings lead
- 178 runs
- Padikkal's scores
- 167 (1st innings), 44 (2nd innings)
- Early wickets
- Jaiswal, Rahul, Gill
- Sri Lanka injury
- Dinesh Chandimal - shoulder injury, precautionary scan










