Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Suthar, Jadeja Lead India to 165-Run Galle Test Win
India and Sri Lanka played a Test cricket match in Galle.
India won the match by 165 runs.
Sri Lanka’s batters tried hard to stay in the game on the final day.
Dhananjaya de Silva and Sonal Dinusha added 95 runs together.
Ravindra Jadeja dismissed de Silva after he had earlier survived because of a no-ball.
Manav Suthar then took important wickets, including Dinusha.
Suthar finished with six wickets in the second innings and 10 wickets in the whole match.
India now leads the two-match series 1-0.
The next Test will be played in Colombo on Sunday.
Manav Suthar took six wickets in the match, including four in Sri Lanka’s first innings and six in the second.
India defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the opening Test in Galle.
Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva made 57 and Sonal Dinusha scored 84 in a 95-run fifth-wicket stand during the chase.
Ravindra Jadeja dismissed de Silva after an earlier no-ball reprieve, helping India break Sri Lanka’s resistance.
The result put India 1-0 ahead, with the second Test scheduled to begin in Colombo on Sunday.
- Who
- India’s bowlers, led by Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja, defeated Sri Lanka, whose resistance included Dhananjaya de Silva and Sonal Dinusha.
- What
- India beat Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the opening Test.
- When
- The match concluded after the fourth day; the second Test is scheduled to begin Sunday.
- Where
- Galle, Sri Lanka; the next Test is scheduled for Colombo.
- Why
- India’s spinners eventually broke Sri Lanka’s prolonged batting resistance and completed the victory before rain arrived.
- Result
- India won by 165 runs
- Match
- India vs Sri Lanka, opening Test
- Venue
- Galle, Sri Lanka
- Manav Suthar
- Six wickets in Sri Lanka’s second innings; 10/131 in the match
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Dismissed Dhananjaya de Silva after a no-ball reprieve
- Key partnership
- Dhananjaya de Silva and Sonal Dinusha added 95 runs for the fifth wicket
- Series position
- India leads 1-0
- Next Test
- Scheduled for Colombo on Sunday
