Overview
- India left Sri Lanka 84 for 4 at stumps on Tuesday, 288 runs short of the 372 target India set after posting 462 and then 193 in their two innings.
- Rishabh Pant counter-attacked in India’s second innings, scoring a quick 66 and becoming the first Indian to hit 100 Test sixes as he helped set the challenging fourth-innings target.
- Left-arm spinners Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja shared seven wickets in Sri Lanka’s first innings, with Suthar taking 4-76 on debut and Jadeja claiming his 350th Test wicket.
- Sri Lanka’s recovery from 90 for 5 on Day 3 was driven by Sonal Dinusha’s maiden Test century and a 146-run stand with Niroshan Dickwella, but the hosts lost early wickets again on Day 4 and captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Dinusha were at the crease at stumps.
- Dinesh Chandimal was withdrawn after failing a concussion assessment and replaced by Pasindu Sooriyabandara, and the final day at spin‑friendly Galle will hinge on whether India can take six wickets before weather or pitch conditions help a long fourth-innings chase.