India vs Sri Lanka, Galle Test: Team India won the Galle Test by 165 runs. But do you know that if this victory had not been achieved there would have been a delay of 2 minutes? Now the question is what is the connection between Team India winning the Galle Test and the delay of 2 minutes? How did Team India avoid being late by 2 minutes and register victory in its historic 600th Test? First of all, know how Team India won the Galle Test?
Sri Lanka could not chase the target of 372 runs
Team India had set a target of 372 runs for Sri Lanka in the Galle Test. In reply, the Sri Lankan team, which came to chase the target, was all out after scoring 206 runs. Sri Lanka definitely saw half-centuries from captain Dhananjay de Silva and Sonal Dinusha in the run chase, but the efforts of those two batsmen were not enough to take Sri Lanka to victory.
Manav Suthar and Devdutt Padikkal became the heroes of victory
For India, Manav Suthar was the highest wicket taker in the Galle Test. He took 10 wickets in both the innings combined. Devdutt Padikkal did the same amazing work with the bat as Manav Suthar did with the ball. He scored 211 runs in Galle with the first century of his Test career, for which he was also named Player of the Match in India’s victory.
Had Team India been late by 2 minutes, would the victory have been snatched away?
Now the question is that how does Team India not win if it is late by 2 minutes? This is because immediately after India won in Galle, it rained heavily. Now, if that rain had happened 2 minutes before India got the victory, then the match in Galle would have had to be stopped and in that case it is possible that Team India might have had to lose the victory. But, fortunately, it rained after Team India’s victory, which only affected the post-match presentation, which was held indoors.