Overview
- Manav Suthar finished with 10 wickets in the match, including a second-innings 6 for 55, and took four wickets in the space of 10 balls on Wednesday to bowl Sri Lanka out for 206.
- Devdutt Padikkal’s maiden Test century (167) and Rishabh Pant’s aggressive 66 helped India build the 372-run target that put pressure on the hosts in the fourth innings.
- A concussion-substitute episode saw Dinesh Chandimal taken for scans and Pasindu Sooriyabandara make a one-ball debut before Suthar trapped him lbw, a moment that shifted Sri Lanka’s fragile chase.
- The abrasive, spin-friendly Galle surface rewarded India’s left-arm spin pair and exposed Sri Lanka’s top order, while rain arrived shortly after the final wicket and the visitors earned a confidence-boosting victory.
- India lead the two-Test series 1-0, have added 12 WTC points to their campaign, and now head to Colombo’s Sinhalese Sports Club on August 23 where spin conditions and selection choices will again be decisive.