SLC XI frustrate India seamers on opening day of tour game
Late wickets for Kuldeep, Jadeja and Suthar brought the visitors some respite
07/08Result
Tour Match, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 7-9 2026
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![Sri Lanka Cricket XI]( "Sri Lanka Cricket XI")
363/8d & 200/6d -
![India]( "India")
357/6d & 214/4 (45 ov)
07/08Result
Tour Match, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 7-9 2026
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![Sri Lanka Cricket XI]( "Sri Lanka Cricket XI")
363/8d & 200/6d -
![India]( "India")
357/6d & 214/4 (45 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Players per side
15(11batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
Sri Lanka Cricket XI , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
7,8,9 August 2026 (3-day match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SRI LANKA CRICKET XI 363/8d (90 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Nishan Madushka66 (65)
- Ravindu Rasantha71 (143)
- Ravindra Jadeja2/64 (15)
- Manav Suthar2/33 (13)
INDIA 357/6d (90 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Ravindra Jadeja*63 (117)
- Devdutt Padikkal*142 (164)
- Ramesh Mendis2/77 (18)
- Asanka Manoj2/32 (8)
SRI LANKA CRICKET XI 200/6d (45 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Nishan Madushka*63 (73)
- Nipun Dhananjaya46 (56)
- Ravindra Jadeja2/33 (7)
- Gurnoor Brar2/37 (8)
INDIA 214/4 (45 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Shubman Gill44 (54)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal*61 (46)
- Vishwa Fernando1/34 (6)
- Keshara Nuwantha2/57 (10)
Commentator: Abhimanyu Bose
END OF OVER:45 | 23 Runs | IND: 214/4
- Mohammed Siraj32 (15b)
- Saransh Jain2 (7b)
- Keshara Nuwantha10-1-57-2
- Sonal Dinusha5-0-22-0
5.45pm Well, a lot of positives through this match. Among them, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal's form with the bat, as well as a bit of Rishabh Pant's will make India feel confident going into the series. Of course, you can't forget Siraj's six-hitting spree at the end. India do officially win this Tour game, and they went on to hit some bonus runs as well to complete the quota of overs for the day. Sri Lanka too had some positives with the bat, especially Nishan Madushka who hit fifties in both innings. India will feel this is good preparation for the series ahead. Ekanth's report will be up soon. And well, given what we saw in this game, I can't wait for the actual series to get started. That's all from us today. On behalf of Ekanth, this is Abhimanyu signing off.
44.6
1
Nuwantha to Mohammed Siraj, 1 run, Full toss on the hips and Siraj swings it away to deep midwicket. Siraj, in jest, asks for a no-ball for height. The teams shake hands and this tour game that saw a fair few impressive performances, comes to an end
44.5
4
Nuwantha to Mohammed Siraj, FOUR, Full on leg, he looks to swing it away and it goes off the inside edge through fine leg and Siraj picks up four more
44.4
0
Nuwantha to Mohammed Siraj, no run, Fired down the leg side. Siraj has a big smile on his face
Applin: "Sir Vivian Siraj :D"
44.3
6
Nuwantha to Mohammed Siraj, SIX, Three back-to-back sixes to win it for India! Siraj isn't going to let his team-mates forget this any time soon! And well, looks like they'll bat on for the remainder of the over. How cute. This is again too full and Siraj swings it away over midwicket
44.2
6
Nuwantha to Mohammed Siraj, SIX, Oh, that's six more! Too full outside off and Siraj goes down the ground again! Don Siraj is having some fun here!
Well, just 10 runs needed now for India!
44.1
6
Nuwantha to Mohammed Siraj, SIX, Oh, Siraj clears cow corner! This is tossed up right in the slot and he clears his front leg and tonks it away
Final over of the day!
hippu: "Why didn't India push for a win? Doesn't a win count here?" -- No, they were probably more focused on giving the batters some time in the middle.
Match Coverage
All Match NewsGill and Jaiswal get in their drills ahead of Sri Lanka Tests
India's key batters got some good time in the middle in Colombo practice game
Padikkal 142* headlines India's reply
Jadeja, meanwhile, warmed up with a half-century while the likes of Rahul and Suthar also made the most of their opportunities
Padikkal makes a compelling case for the No.3 spot
With the incumbent Sai Sudharsan out of the SL series, Padikkal has emerged as a plug-and-play option who is in the form of his life
Kuldeep sets the tone as India's spin plans begin to take shape
While India's left-arm spinners came to the fore, the pace attack had a bit of a tough outing on the first day of the tour game
SLC XI frustrate India seamers on opening day of tour game
Late wickets for Kuldeep, Jadeja and Suthar brought the visitors some respite
