India in Sri Lanka Test Series 2026

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India toured Sri Lanka in August 2026 for a 2-match Test series forming part of the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. India, sitting 5th in the WTC standings at 48.15% PCT, needed wins to keep their qualification hopes alive. The 1st Test at Galle International Stadium (15-19 August) was a comprehensive India victory by 165 runs — Saurabh Kumar Suthar taking a ten-wicket haul on the spin-friendly Galle surface, with Devdutt Padikkal anchoring India's first innings with 167. The 2nd Test at Colombo SSC (23-27 August) was more competitive. India declared at 503/9, Sri Lanka followed on after a first-innings 290 (213-run deficit), and the series was on the line. Sri Lanka's lower-order batters Sonal Dinusha and Keshara Nuwantha put on a defiant partnership in the second innings, batting deep into Day 5 to save the match — the game ending in a draw. India won the series 1-0 and banked WTC points for one Test win. The series was notable for being played without Bumrah — India's No. 1 Test bowler — who was unavailable through injury.

Key Highlights

• 1India won the 2-match series 1-0 — a vital result for their ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 qualification campaign
• 2Saurabh Kumar Suthar took a ten-wicket haul in the 1st Test at Galle — sealing a 165-run victory for India
• 3Devdutt Padikkal scored 167 in India's first-innings 503/9 declared in the 2nd Test at Colombo SSC
• 4Sri Lanka's lower order (Sonal Dinusha and Keshara Nuwantha) staged a defiant rearguard in the 2nd Test to deny India a series whitewash
• 5India played without Jasprit Bumrah throughout — making Suthar's ten-for at Galle an especially remarkable performance

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