Sri Lanka vs Sri Lanka The first day at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo saw an interesting match between India and the hosts. India once again made a strong start against Sri Lanka. The first day was in the name of Indian batters. By the end of the first day, India had scored 300 runs for 5 wickets. An 85 over game became possible on Sunday. Dhruv Jurail (7) and Saransh Jain (4) were at the crease.
120 run partnership between Gill and Paddical
Once again Devdutt Paddikal played a brilliant innings of 117 runs for India. He scored a century in the second Test in a row. Apart from this, captain Shubman Gill also scored a half century. India won the toss and decided to bat first. In the match, Lokesh Rahul got out after scoring only 18 runs. While Yashshwi Jaiswal looked in rhythm and scored 45 runs off 53 balls with the help of 9 fours. Gill and Paddical put on a 120-run partnership for the third wicket to take over the innings after both fell. Asitha Fernando broke the partnership. Gill got out for 50 runs with 6 fours.
India and Sri Lanka 1-1 players debut from this match
This match is the debut match of 33-year-old Saransh Jain, who has been included in the team in place of Kuldeep Yadav. Ravindra Jadeja played a good innings of 43 runs in the match. When Rishabh Pant scored 7 runs and retired hurt. However, it remains to be seen whether he will come into bat on the next day. Kamil Mishara got a chance to make his Test debut in this match from Sri Lanka.