India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test, Day 4: Prasidh Krishna picks Kamindu Mendis; SL three down vs IND in Galle
Aug 18, 2026 04:17 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: SL 21/2 (Target 372) vs INDMohammed Siraj is bowling his heart out here. He was the one who picked up Madhuska's wicket. The ball pitched and went so high on a surface which was not bouncing at all was a remarkable effort from Siraj. It has been tough going for them; the Indian bowlers are mixing things up pretty nicely here.Aug 18, 2026 04:07 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: SL 14/2 (Target 372) vs INDManav Suthar cannot stop taking wickets, can he? It was his delivery which Pasindu faced, and he was trapped in front of the wicket. Pasindu is a concussion replacement for Dinesh Chandimal, and he did not offer a lot as he departed for a duck. It is the fifth wicket of the match for Suthar, and Sri Lanka has already lost two wickets here.Aug 18, 2026 03:56 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: SL 13/0 (Target 372) vs INDMohammed Siraj is getting a bit of swing from the surface, but despite that, the ball is just not carrying to the keeper as it did in the first innings. The keeper and the slip fielders from India have to come a little forward here because of that, from their conventional positions or even from where they took their guards in the first innings.Aug 18, 2026 03:46 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: SL 9/0 (Target 372) vs INDSri Lankan openers both Udara and Madhuska, have started solidly here. No sign of any attacking intent. The ideal approach to this chase would be not to lose too many wickets till they get to the 40th over mark and take it from there. As of now, if they go attacking, there is a high chance that they will end up losing one too many wickets.Aug 18, 2026 03:36 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: SL 2/0 (Target 372) vs INDShubman Gill has straight away turned to Manav Suthar here with the new ball. Nothing against Suthar but he could have tried a couple of overs from Prasidh Krishna who was good in the first innings and if there is something with this new ball or indifferent bounce it will be better with this prominent seam.Aug 18, 2026 03:29 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Welcome back!We are back for the final session of the Test match. Hopefully, no rain on the cards; at least that is what India would want. It will be interesting to see how Sri Lanka will approach this innings. They can win this Test match, but they need to get the approach right here.Aug 18, 2026 03:18 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: UpdatePlay to resume at 3:30 PM ISTAug 18, 2026 02:50 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Rain delays play in GalleWell, we have some bad news, folks: the rain has stuck here in Galle, and the covers have come on. We have to go for the final day and to push for a result; Shubman Gill's captaincy will be under severly analyzed. He has to be proactive and be very attacking with his field sets.Aug 18, 2026 02:35 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 193 all out; SL need 372 to win in GalleThat is quite a bit of tactical masterstroke in Sri Lanka in the end with that short-pitch bowling. The seamers have ended up picking up six wickets. The Indian team did not seen coming whatsoever. Well, India should still win this game from here on unless Sri Lanka has something up their sleeve. The new ball is going to be crucial for India.Aug 18, 2026 02:31 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 193/9 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLKuldeep is the last man to fall. He tried to get the stride forward, and Prabath Jayasuriya tossed the delivery into the rough; it turned and took the outside edge. It was a delivery which did not need to be played at, and even if he wanted to play it, there was a cut shot on offer, which he did not it is a poor judgment of length from the batter in the end.Aug 18, 2026 02:21 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 190/8 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLManav Suthar is the latest batter to fall, and it is Ashita Fernando. It is once again the short-ball tactic which is working very well. Seamers have picked up four wickets in this innings already. It does seem like Dhananjaya De Silva learnt from the first innings and is trusting his seamers a bit more.Aug 18, 2026 02:11 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 183/7 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLWell, India is continuing to bat here in Galle despite the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja, and the batter who has walked into the middle is Kuldeep Yadav. It is a bit of a weird call; Mohammed Siraj can play a few more shots than Kuldeep Yadav. While the wrist spinner is more adept at staying at the crease unbeaten.Aug 18, 2026 02:01 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 179/7 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLLahiru Kumara has got another wicket here, and it is Ravindra Jadeja. He tried to cut the ball, got the upper edge, and it went straight to the deep fielder on the leg side. This is the role of Kumara in this team, with his extra pace to clean up the lower-order batters, and it did not work in the first innings but is now.Aug 18, 2026 01:58 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 172/5 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLRishabh Pant has departed here. It was a pull shot that he could not get in a good position and ended up giving a catch to the keeper Niroshan Dickwella. A sigh of relief for the bowler and the captain to go with that short-ball tactic. It looked like Pant was getting the better of it until he did not.Aug 18, 2026 01:41 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 172/5 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLHow often do we this happen in conditions like this? Although the ball is turning, there will be one batter who will manage to get a quick-fire cameo in the third innings, which will make the difference, and that is what we are seeing with Rishabh Pant here. Innings like this can prove to be a real game changer.Aug 18, 2026 01:32 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 159/5 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLRishabh Pant scored a half-century. It was a pretty good half-century from Pant; it was a situation which really suited him. He did not have too many things to think about; he had to go after the bowling, and that is what he did. It is a very important contribution. Can he get to a century? We have to see.Aug 18, 2026 01:22 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 151/5 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLThe ball is turning square now. Keshara Nuwantha has been quite good with his exploits. He has all the attributes to be a great bowler, but the issue Sri Lankan cricket has is that they play limited red-ball cricket, unlike previous generations, so his growth might be dented a little because of that.Aug 18, 2026 01:12 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 135/5 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLRavindra Jadeja in the first innings could not make many runs. Usually, he tends to take his time to get his innings going, but today he might have to be a little more attacking. We have seen KL Rahul finding it a little hard to make that adjustment. It is not for lack of shots but for lack of preparation; can Jadeja do it? We have to see.Aug 18, 2026 01:01 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 122/5 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLThe game is really going at a pretty high pace here in Galle. India have lost five wickets in about a session or so, and they will be hoping they will have the same luck while bowling to Sri Lanka. Rishabh Pant is still out there; he can score a cameo here. He is batting at a pretty good tempo in the middle.Aug 18, 2026 12:54 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 120/5 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLDhruve Jurel has fallen here; he tried to work the ball on the leg-side against Ashita Fernando and got the bottom edge to the keeper. It was not given out on the field and was sent upstairs, and there was a small spike despite a gap; however, they overturned the decision, and Jurel had to walk back. India lost five.Aug 18, 2026 12:42 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Welcome back!We are back for the noon session. It was a pretty good morning session from the Indian perspective; although they lost four wickets, they have scored 100 runs. Another 120-130 runs without getting bundled out; we might see India declare and push for that win. Sri Lanka would want to pick wickets and slow things down.Aug 18, 2026 12:06 PM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 116/4 at Lunch vs SL in GalleWell, India will be happier of both sides, despite the four wickets they have taken, with their lead over 250 here, and they would want to get to that 350-400 mark and declare. There is now enough in the surface for the bowlers to pick 10 wickets in the span of a few sessions. Do stay with us; we will be right after the break.Aug 18, 2026 11:59 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 112/4 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLDevdutt Padikkal has fallen here; he went way back into the crease and could not make contact. It was a good innings, though, from him. He batted pretty well for his cameo. Dhruv Jurel is the new batter who has walked into the middle; he got a handy half-century in the first innings.Aug 18, 2026 11:51 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 110/3 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLRishabh Pant is playing a few shots here. Sri Lanka needs to be very wary here. They have to keep chipping away at the wickets to put pressure. If India keeps adding at least 30- 40 runs to each wicket, that will help India to declare early. The picking of wickets will keep the rate under check and Sri Lanka will have less time to bat.Aug 18, 2026 11:42 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 96/3 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLRuns are at a premium for Sri Lanka here. India already has another 100-run lead, and Sri Lanka has to chase these runs if they have to win this game, but given how India has batted, it is very unlikely Sri Lanka would go for a win; the only option they had was to bundle out India for 100-120. Even then, it was a very slim chance.Aug 18, 2026 11:32 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 85/3 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLDevdutt Padikkal is batting quite well here in the middle. He has looked at home in these Sri Lankan conditions through and through; even in the warm-up game he scored a lovely ton, and the one in the first innings was similar, if not better, and he has already breezed to 30s and has gotten himself a start.Aug 18, 2026 11:24 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 81/3 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLShubman Gill has fallen here. The batter tried to sweep, and the ball hit the pads. It was a bit of a nothing innings from Gill; he batted at a normal tempo. India are a little attacking, but still they lack the urgency which was expected in terms of pushing that for a win. In the attempt to find that right balance between attack and defence, India might be losing the plot a bit here.Aug 18, 2026 11:12 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 80/2 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLShubman Gill has walked into the middle. He has looked pretty attacking in the first innings, and he does not need any incentive to play defensively here. We might see him go for a similar approach. It is a good series for Gill to make the most of it. No disrespect to Sri Lanka, but these are the kind of tours which are pretty important for legacy.Aug 18, 2026 11:05 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 77/2 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLWell, eventually it happened: Prabath Jayasuirya picked up the wicket of KL Rahul. It did look like Rahul was a bit uncomfortable going on the attacking route, but he has always had the game. The switch looked a little hard, and eventually Sri Lanka had the last laugh. A start which was not converted.Aug 18, 2026 10:51 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 59/1 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLIndia are batting at a pretty brisk pace here. Rahul's getting away with that review seems to have injected further momentum into their batting. Meanwhile, Devdutt Padikkal at the other end is continuing from where he left off in the last innings. That review must be quite deflating for the Sri Lankans.Aug 18, 2026 10:43 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 49/1 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLKL Rahul got away here; that looked pretty plumb, but somehow he himself reluctantly took a review, and it showed the ball going over the stumps. It did look pretty plumb, but the technology said otherwise. The Sri Lankan fielders looked a little flabbergasted at that; there will be a few discussions after the game about it.Aug 18, 2026 10:31 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 40/1 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLWell, we corrected our previous update; it did seem like KL Rahul was going to play within himself, but after that he charged down the track against Prabath Jayasuriya to hit a massive six and then reverse-swept another one for a boundary against Keshara Nuwantha. Now the Indian opener is on the move.Aug 18, 2026 10:21 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 23/1 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLKL Rahul is in no hurry here in the middle. He is batting each ball on its merits, so it seems like India wants to take their time and let that seam flatten. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, has brought Prabath Jayasuriya into the attack. Similar to the first innings, he might have to do plenty of bowling in this innings too.Aug 18, 2026 10:12 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 17/1 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLAshita Fernando has started well here; he has hit the right lines and lengths. To be fair to him, he has bowled well through this Test match to be fair to him. If anything, it did seem like Dhananjaya De Silva criminally underused him. He might bowl a little more here because of that indifferent bounce the surface is offering in this innings.Aug 18, 2026 10:02 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 12/1 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLIt will be very interesting to see how KL Rahul will approach this innings. Usually he is pretty tidy with the way he goes about things, but today he might have to switch to his ODI mode. Not the T20 one, but the ODI style of innings would do the job for him. Devdutt Padikkal at the other end has already played a couple of lovely boundaries.Aug 18, 2026 09:52 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 5/1 (First innings 462 runs) vs SLAshitha Fernando has picked up the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Here, it was a short and wide delivery which the batter tried to cut and ended up edging to the keeper. It is a big wicket for Sri Lanka up early. Jaiswal could have taken the game away from Sri Lanka pretty quickly. Keshara Nuwantha has taken the new ball from the other end.Aug 18, 2026 09:45 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Let's go!It is a beautiful day here in Galle; the sun is out, and everyone hopes the weather will hold up. India will have only one agenda in mind, which is to maximise the two sessions today. 250 runs from here on will make it very hard for Sri Lanka to get in the final innings, but given the nature of the pitch, we have to see how many wickets India will lose before that.Aug 18, 2026 09:38 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test, Day 4: Manav Suthar on his bowling“It’s a very good feeling to get a wicket with the first ball. It gives you a lot of confidence throughout the game,” he said.“My plan was pretty simple – to bowl in a good area, right length and right speed. Here we got a lot of purchase from the wicket,” he added.Aug 18, 2026 09:29 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test, Day 4: Manav Suthar on Ravindra Jadeja“He can land a ball on one spot. His consistency is world-class. So I want to learn from him that no matter what a batsman does, how long can you bowl on a spot and induce a false shot. There’s a lot to learn,” Suthar told reporters on Monday.Aug 18, 2026 09:19 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test, Day 4: Cheteshwar Pujara on Indian team“India will have to be brave with their declaration. They will have to give enough time to the bowlers. Maybe try and look at a minimum of 90-100 overs. To do that, India will have to declare at somewhere between 350-375. In worst case scenario, if Sri Lanka get to 350-375, give credit to Sri Lanka, but India will have to be brave,” Pujara added.Aug 18, 2026 09:08 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test, Day 4: Cheteshwar Pujara on Indian team“India will have to make their intentions very clear. Not a lot of time is left in the Test match. Also, you have to keep an eye on the forecast. You can’t ignore it. To qualify for the WTC final, they will have to win both the Test matches. To do that, they will have to be a little brave and a little more aggressive,” Pujara told on Cricinfo.Aug 18, 2026 08:59 AM ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test, Day 4: Pitch report on Day 1 by Sanjay ManjrekarTeams have scored 600 after winning the toss and batting first, and sometimes they have also been bowled out for 120. So clearly, there are two types of pitches here. The one today is looking very good to me. It looks as if the entire pitch is covered with grass, so there are no rough or patchy areas. If you look at it, the pitch has a very beautiful appearance, which makes me feel that batting should be relatively easy. This is not a rank turner, so let me make that clear first. If you win the toss, you would want to bat first, but for the first 30-40 minutes, you will have to play carefully against the seamers because the pitch hasn't yet lost its colour, which means there is still a little bit of moisture. Whenever there is grass, you can get some lateral movement simply because of the green grass.So this is a pitch where you want to bat first and put up a big score, because batting in the fourth innings in Galle is very difficult. the average score here is around 120-130. So the toss is very important, as always, and both teams will want to bat first and make the most of this beautiful pitch.
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