IND vs SL 1st Test Match 2026 Live: India to take on Sri Lanka in Galle. (CREIMAS)

India bundled out Sri Lanka for 284 runs in the first innings thanks to Manav Suthar’s four-wicket spell. The left-arm spinner was quite superb with his bowling, and his revolutions on the ball created the wickets. He found an ally in another veteran left-arm spinner, Ravindra Jadeja, who picked up three wickets

Both pacers Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj also did their jobs, each picking up one wicket. Kuldeep Yadav was the bowler the Sri Lankan batters targeted, although he still managed to take one wicket (Kamindu Mendis). Despite the valiant effort, the Indians could not impose the follow-on.

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Sri Lanka, on the other hand, were in quite a bit of a pickle when they lost five wickets in the morning session, and then Sonal Dinusha and Niroshan Dickwella got together and put on a superb 146-run partnership through the afternoon session, which saved the blushes of the hosts.

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After early success, India made to toil by Sri Lanka for big 1st-innings lead

After wrapping up their first innings at 462—anchored by Devdutt Padikkal’s brilliant 167—India’s spin-led attack swiftly reduced Sri Lanka to 90/5, only for a counter-attacking 146-run stand between Niroshan Dickwella (80) and Sonal Dinusha, who went on to score a maiden Test century (100), to rescue the hosts to 284 and prevent a follow-on before bad weather prematurely ended Day 3 with India holding a solid 178-run lead. (Read more from Venkata Krishna B)