Archive · 26 Aug 2026
India enforce follow-on after Sri Lanka bowled out for 290
Sri Lanka were playing India in the second Test match.
India had already scored 503 runs before ending their innings.
Sri Lanka then made 290 runs and fell 213 runs behind.
Sonal Dinusha scored a brave century, but his team still lost all its wickets.
India bowled Sri Lanka out before the end of the fourth day.
Because India had a large lead, it made Sri Lanka bat again immediately.
Sri Lanka now needs to score enough runs to make India bat again.
India needs 10 more wickets to win by an innings.
Sri Lanka were dismissed for 290 on Day 4 of the second Test.
Sonal Dinusha scored 103 from 162 balls, his second century of the series.
India had declared their first innings at 503/9, taking a 213-run lead.
Saransh Jain took the final two Sri Lankan wickets, including Dinusha’s.
India enforced the follow-on, leaving Sri Lanka battling to avoid an innings defeat.
- Who
- India and Sri Lanka, with Sonal Dinusha top-scoring for Sri Lanka and Saransh Jain taking the final two wickets.
- What
- India bowled Sri Lanka out for 290 and enforced the follow-on after taking a 213-run first-innings lead.
- When
- Day 4 of the second Test, on Wednesday.
- Where
- The Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Why
- Sri Lanka fell 213 runs behind India’s declared 503/9, allowing India to enforce the follow-on.
India’s Position
Sri Lanka’s Position
Match outlook
India’s Position
India held a commanding advantage after taking a 213-run lead and enforcing the follow-on.
Sri Lanka’s Position
Sri Lanka faced a difficult survival task and needed to overcome the deficit to extend the match.
Dinusha’s century
India’s Position
India eventually dismissed Dinusha and completed Sri Lanka’s first-innings collapse despite his resistance.
Sri Lanka’s Position
Dinusha’s 103, following scores of 100 and 84 in the first Test, gave Sri Lanka valuable lower-order resistance.
Remaining objective
India’s Position
India could pursue an innings victory before the scheduled end of play on Thursday.
Sri Lanka’s Position
Sri Lanka’s immediate goal was to bat through the remaining time and force the contest into a fifth day.
- India first innings
- 503/9 declared
- Sri Lanka first innings
- 290 all out
- India’s lead
- 213 runs
- Top Sri Lanka scorer
- Sonal Dinusha, 103 off 162 balls
- India’s leading wicket-takers
- Prasidh Krishna and Manav Suthar, three wickets each
- Sri Lanka’s second innings
- Began after India enforced the follow-on
- Result situation
- India needed 10 wickets for an innings victory; Sri Lanka needed to erase the 213-run deficit
