Desk: Team India has captured Galle. In the first Test played here, it achieved a stunning victory over Sri Lanka. India defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs. With this strong victory, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the 2-Test series. Being the 600th Test, the meaning of the victory in Galle becomes more incomparable for the Indian team. To win the Galle Test, India had set a target of 372 runs, which the Sri Lankan team failed to chase. India played and won a test match in Galle after 9 years.
Galle Test started from 15th August. This was the second Test match in the history of Indian cricket, which started on 15 August. For the first time this happened in the year 2014. Then, in the Test match against England which started on August 15, India had to face defeat by a huge margin of innings and 244 runs. That is, this is the first time that the Indian team has tasted victory in the Test match that started from August 15.
India won the Galle Test by 165 runs. India had set a target of 372 runs for Sri Lanka, chasing which they could score only 206 runs and lost the match. Team India has won the test played in Galle after 9 years. Earlier in 2017, he had won the test played here. With this victory, India's victory and defeat tally in Galle has also become equal. This was India's sixth Test overall in Galle. Of the 6 tests played here, India has won 3 and lost 3.
The role of Manav Suthar and Devdutt Padikkal was most important in India's victory in the Galle Test. Manav Suthar created havoc with the ball and took 10 wickets. He took 4 wickets in the first innings and made 6 batsmen his victims in the second innings. Whereas Devdutt Padikkal created a stir with the bat and scored 211 runs in the Galle Test with a century.