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Gill-led India eye revival in Sri Lanka Test series
Cricket is a sport where two teams take turns hitting a ball with a bat and try to score more runs than each other.
India's cricket team is getting ready to play Sri Lanka's cricket team in two big matches called a Test series.
This series is part of a big championship called the World Test Championship.
India used to be one of the best cricket teams in the world, but lately they have not played as well.
They lost two series at home and also lost a series in Australia.
Sri Lanka has not beaten India in a Test match in more than ten years.
India has won many more matches against Sri Lanka than Sri Lanka has won against India.
Once, Sri Lanka scored 952 runs in a single innings, which is still the highest score any team has ever made in Test cricket.
The first match starts on August 15, 2026, in a city called Galle.
India is expected to win, but Sri Lanka plays very well at home.
India, led by Shubman Gill, open a two-Test series against Sri Lanka in Galle on August 15, 2026.
India sit fifth in the ICC World Test Championship standings with four wins from nine Tests.
Sri Lanka have not beaten India in a Test match since the Galle Test in 2015.
India lead the overall Test head-to-head 22-7 with 17 draws across 46 matches.
India won the last series 2-0 in 2022, powered by Ravindra Jadeja's brilliant all-round show.
- Who
- India, captained by Shubman Gill, and Sri Lanka
- What
- A two-Test series between India and Sri Lanka, part of the race for the ICC World Test Championship 2027 Final
- Where
- Sri Lanka, with the first Test at Galle
- When
- Starting August 15, 2026
- Why
- India aim to revive their below-par Test form and keep their hopes alive of reaching the WTC 2027 Final
Key facts
- Series
- Two-Test series between India and Sri Lanka
- Start date
- August 15, 2026
- First Test venue
- Galle, Sri Lanka
- India's WTC standing
- 5th, with 4 wins from 9 Tests
- Overall Test head-to-head
- India 22 – Sri Lanka 7 – 17 draws (46 Tests)
- Test series record
- India 10 – Sri Lanka 3 – 4 draws (17 series)
- Last Sri Lanka Test win over India
- Galle Test, 2015
- Highest Test innings total
- Sri Lanka 952/6 declared (Colombo, 1997)











