Devdutt Padikkal’s century propels India to solid position on Day 1

IND vs SL Highlights, 2nd Test: Devdutt Padikkal‘s century propels India to solid position on Day 1 | Cricket

IND vs SL Highlights, 2nd Test: Devdutt Padikkal’s century propels India to solid position on Day 1

IND vs SL Highlights, 2nd Test Day 1: Devdutt Padikkal’s century was the standout performance on the opening day as India ended Day 1 at 300/5.

IND vs SL Highlights, 2nd Test Day 1:Devdutt Padikkal made the most of the Sri Lankan fielders dropping his catches as the left-handed batter slammed his second century to take India to a dominant position in the Test on the opening day. At stumps. India’s score read 300/5 with Saransh Jain and Dhruv Jurel in the middle. India would have had more of a command had Ravindra Jadeja not lost his wicket to Asitha Fernando. The pacer was the standout performer for Sri Lanka, taking three wickets. Earlier, Shubman Gill lost his wicket against the run of play, and India went three down at the tea break. The Indian captain was looking set for a big one but had to settle for a half-century. Earlier, Gill and Devdutt Padikkal put on more than 100 runs to consolidate India’s solid position in the second Test. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul were the two batters to lose their wickets in the opening session. The first session of the game also witnessed an ugly exchange between Jaiswal and Asitha Fernando, with the former head-butting the Sri Lankan pacer.

India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vc), Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Saransh Jain, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Sri Lanka Playing XI: Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando

• 23 Aug 2026, 05:31:59 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Stumps!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: That’s that! Stumps on the opening day of the second Test. India end at 300/5 with Dhruv Jurel and Saransh Jain in the middle.

• 23 Aug 2026, 05:26:13 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: OUT! Jadeja walks back!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Asitha Fernando produces some magic and the stumps of Ravindra Jadeja are castled. He walks back after scoring 43 off 83 balls.

  India 296/5.

• 23 Aug 2026, 05:18:18 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Dull passage of play!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Both Ravindra Jadeja and Dhruv Jurel are playing for stumps and nothing much is happening in the middle. It’s just a dull passage of play as Asitha Fernando and Prabath Jayasuriya try to prize out a wicket before the close of play.

• 23 Aug 2026, 05:02:10 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: New ball taken!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: The second new ball has been taken as soon as it was made available. Asitha Fernando is introduced back into the attack.

• 23 Aug 2026, 04:58:09 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Second new ball is due!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: The second new ball is now available for Sri Lanka. 80 overs are done. The play has been extended by half an hour as the hosts haven’t bowled the full quota of overs before the scheduled close of play.

• 23 Aug 2026, 04:45:38 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: OUT!! PADIKKAL!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: BOWLED! Keshara Nuwantha strikes and Padikkal walks back after scoring 117. The spinner pushes this one quicker with a flatter trajectory and Padikkal goes right back and is undone by the guile. The ball goes past the outside edge and crashes into the off-stump.

  India 281/4.

• 23 Aug 2026, 04:29:48 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Poor bowling!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: This is poor bowling from Mishara. He keeps dropping it short and Padikkal keeps cutting them away for boundaries. India are picking runs off a tiring Sri Lankan attack. Make the most before the second new ball becomes due.

  India 269/3.

• 23 Aug 2026, 04:23:08 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Century!!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Padikkal just glides the ball towards long-on and brings up his century. His second of the series. The left-hander goes back-to-back.

  India 259/3.

• 23 Aug 2026, 04:21:52 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Padikkal moves to 99

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Back-to-back boundaries for Padikkal and the left-hander moves to 99. Making the most of his solid form.

  India 258/3.

• 23 Aug 2026, 04:13:50 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Just too easy for Jadeja!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Things are now just too easy for Ravindra Jadeja. He’s now toying with the bowlers. Mishara tosses one up and the left-handed batter picked the length to whip it away to the long-on fence for a boundary.

  India 246/3.

• 23 Aug 2026, 04:09:34 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Four! Jadeja chipping away

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: The left-handed batter just glides the ball towards fine leg and the left-hander gets his third boundary. Jadeja and Padikkal are moving the scoreboard along quite nicely.

  India 239/3.

• 23 Aug 2026, 04:05:34 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Kamil Mishara into the attack!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Kamil Mishara now has the ball in his hand as
  Sri Lanka look to price out the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal and Ravindra Jadeja. The Indian duo are now frustrating the hosts on a hot afternoon in Colombo.

  India 234/3.

• 23 Aug 2026, 03:52:48 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: FOUR!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Nuwantha drops it short and Jadeja rocks back to cut the delivery. The ball races past the extra cover and goes for a boundary. Nuwantha punished for the short and wide delivery.

• 23 Aug 2026, 03:51:06 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Poor over rate!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: The bowling rate has been abysmal to say the least. The scheduled close of play is 5 PM but Sri Lanka have bowled just 62 overs till now. It’s safe to say that the play would be extended to 5:30 PM but still the hosts won’t be able to complete the full quota of overs.

  India 222/3.

• 23 Aug 2026, 03:41:56 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Nasty!!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Lahiru Kumara is bowling some nasty deliveries and Ravindra Jadeja is doing his best to keep the short balls out. Some spell from the Sri Lankan pacer. Good probing Test cricket in Colombo.

• 23 Aug 2026, 03:37:32 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Four! Elegance from Jadeja!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: First boundary for Ravindra Jadeja. Just sheer timing from the left-hander and India’s scoreboard keeps moving.

  India 215/3 in 59 overs.

• 23 Aug 2026, 03:32:31 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Rishabh Pant retires hurt!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Ouch! That must have hurt! Ravindra Jadeja joins Padikkal in the middle as Rishabh Pant retires hurt after being hit on the wrist bone by a Lahiru Kumara delivery. Lahiru dropped it short and Pant went for a pull, only to be hit on his hand. Pant was in visible pain and the physio came charging out.

  The physio applied tape but it went off immediately. The umpire had a word with Pant and the latter then walked off.

• 23 Aug 2026, 03:21:53 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Four! Deft touch from Padikkal

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Nuwantha bowls it slow but Padikkal rocks back to play it late. The left-handed batter waited for the ball to arrive and then guided it past the fielder at short third man. Another boundary for Padikkal. He moves to 76.

  India 205/3 in 56.2 overs.

• 23 Aug 2026, 03:10:27 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Fernando goes short!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Asitha Fernando has employed the short ball tactic and he continues to bowl one bumper after another. However, Padikkal and Pant are having no trouble in trying to keep the deliveries out.

• 23 Aug 2026, 03:01:01 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Play resumes!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: The third and final session of the opening day is underway. Padikkal and Pant in the middle for India. Nuwantha with the ball in hand.

• 23 Aug 2026, 02:42:27 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Tea

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: With that it is tea. Sri Lanka will be happy with how that session finished. An important wicket of the set batter.

• 23 Aug 2026, 02:38:23 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: GONE!!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: EDGE AND TAKEN!!! Gill was untroubled in his knock so far. But a lapse in conctration, he pokes at a delivery outside the off stump and that results in his demise. Sri Lanka have finally broken the partnership.

• 23 Aug 2026, 02:26:38 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Fifty for Gill

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Full ball at the leg stump. Gill taps it past the short fine leg fielder and takes a single. With that he reaches his half-century.

• 23 Aug 2026, 02:08:49 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Shubman Gill happy to pad away

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: A negative ploy here from Sri Lanka. The spinner is constantly bowling a leg stump line, and Shubman Gill is happy to pad the ball away. This partnership between Gill and Padikkal has now worked beyond 100 runs.

• 23 Aug 2026, 02:05:44 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Padikkal gets to his half-century

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Devdutt Padikkal has built on his great form. After the massive hundred in the first Test, he has gone past 50 in this second match, too. By the looks of it, he is building towards another big knock.

• 23 Aug 2026, 01:52:45 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Gill, Padikkal approaching half-century

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Both Gill and Padikkal are steadily moving towards their respective half-centuries.

• 23 Aug 2026, 01:42:06 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Shubman Gill keeping the scoreboard ticking

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Gill is not just biting time. He is playing for the runs and playing with confidence.

• 23 Aug 2026, 01:35:42 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Glorious from Padikkal

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: An overpitched delivery at the off stump. Padikkal just pushes that with soft hands through covers for a glorious boundary.

• 23 Aug 2026, 01:23:22 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: 10 overs gone after Lunch

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: That is the end of the 10th over after Lunch. The Indian duo has looked to build steadily. Gill is looking to stay positive, while Padikla is building his knock steadily.

• 23 Aug 2026, 01:12:59 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Shubman Gill trying to up the ante

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Tossed up delivery at the off stump. Gill goes down the track and punches that through covers for a boundary.

• 23 Aug 2026, 01:10:08 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Barrage of bouncers

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Asitha Fernando ends that over with three bouncers to Devdutt Padikkal.

• 23 Aug 2026, 01:04:34 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: FOUR!!!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Tossed up delivery at the off stump. Padikkal gets his front foot out and goes inside out over covers for a glorious boundary.

• 23 Aug 2026, 01:00:10 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Appeal against Gill

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Good length ball at the off and middle stump line, and the ball tails in a bit. Gill looks to defend the ball but misses and is wrapped on the pads. There is a huge appeal for the leg before. But the umpire is not interested. Sri Lanka prefer not to take the review.

• 23 Aug 2026, 12:57:27 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: 100 comes for India

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: 100 comes up for India. A boundary from Shubman Gill to take India past the three figure mark.

• 23 Aug 2026, 12:53:55 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Shubman Gill looking good

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: While Padikkal is buidling slowly, the Indian captain, Shubman Gill is looking good in the middle. He is playing his shots and is gradually settling into a good rhythm.

• 23 Aug 2026, 12:44:25 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Second session gets underway

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: The second gets underway. India will look to go through the session as little damage as possible and lay the foundation for a massive total.

• 23 Aug 2026, 12:04:35 PM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Lunch called

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Lunch has been announced. 25 overs were bowled in the first session, 88 runs scored in them, while two wickets fell. Shubman Gill and Devdutt Padikkal will resume the innings for India after the break.

• 23 Aug 2026, 11:55:32 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Five minutes to lunch

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Five more minutes before lunch. May be a couple of overs.

• 23 Aug 2026, 11:48:39 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Lunch approaching

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Shubman Gill and Devdutt Padikkal will look to go unseparated to lunch. About 15 minutes of the game are left before lunch will be called.

• 23 Aug 2026, 11:34:04 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Unpleasant scenes at SSC

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: After Jaiswal was dismissed, Fernando did not shy away from giving him a send-off. The batter heard some words and turned back. He shoved the bowler with his helmet as Dhanajaya de Silva stepped in.

• 23 Aug 2026, 11:28:27 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: GONE!!!! Jaiwal departs

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Jaiswal was moving through the gears. He was taking on Aistha Fernando. The bowler gives a send off to the batter as he misses his halfcentury by five runs.

• 23 Aug 2026, 11:17:58 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: End of the 15th over

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: That is the end of the 15th over. India have started well, even though they have lost KL Rahul. Jaiswal and Padikkal look to build a strong platform for the team.

• 23 Aug 2026, 11:11:34 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: ANOTHER CHANCE GOES BEGGING

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: A tad shorter at the off stump, and Padikkal looks to cut that, but all he gets is an outside edge. Dhananjaya de Silva fails to hold on and Padikkal survives again.

• 23 Aug 2026, 11:07:23 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Padikkal continuing from where he left

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Devdutt Padikkal is looking confident. He played shots early in his knock at Galle and threw his bat early here also. That resulted in a chance being created in the last over, but the catch was grassed.

• 23 Aug 2026, 11:01:01 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Offspin into the attack

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: With two left-handers out in the middle, Keshara Nuwantha has been introduced into the attack.

• 23 Aug 2026, 10:56:05 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: WICKET!!!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: EDGED AND TAKEN!!!! Lahiru Kumara comes up with a very excited celebration. Room given outside the off stump and Rahul looks to cut that. All he manages is a thick outside edge to be taken by Dickwella behind the stumps.

• 23 Aug 2026, 10:50:03 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: SIX!!!!!

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: KL Rahul got the opportunity and grabbed it. A full delivery, the right-handed batter goes down the track and lofts it over long-off.

• 23 Aug 2026, 10:47:29 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Rahul looking to build his base

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Another maiden over. KL Rahul going about his business the usual way. He is tiring the bowlers down with his perfect defence.

• 23 Aug 2026, 10:38:29 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Jaiswal looking to be selective

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Yashasvi Jaiswal tried to be flashy at the start, but has seemed down and is looking to be selective about his shots. KL Rahul at the other end is looking ever so solid.

• 23 Aug 2026, 10:26:31 AM IST
  

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: Review

  IND vs SL LIVE SCORE: A full ball coming into the batter. Rahul looks to flick it to the leg side but misses and is wrapped on the pads. There is a big appeal for the leg before, but the umpire is not convinced. The Sri Lankan team has taken the review.

  A fair delivery, no bat involved. Now the ball tracking and it shows wickets- Missing. So, the decision stands. It is NOT OUT.

Source: www.hindustantimes.com