🏏India tour of Sri Lanka 2026: 2nd Test at Colombo: 23/08/26-Day 2🏏- Page 14

. Sri Lanka got the wicket of Pant off the very first ball of the session but thereafter the pair of Suthar and Jurel stitched a small partnership. But Jayasuriya has broken through and Sri Lanka need just two wickets to wrap this up. All eyes will be on Jurel though - can he get to his hundred?

Team ready to bowlwaiting for Dj's century

About to rain

Sarfu convincing Gill to declare

Originally posted by: SalluTheUllu

About to rain

Sarfu convincing Gill to declare

Asitha Fernando to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR, that's a juicy full toss on the pads and Dhruv Jurel flicks this through mid-wicket for a boundary. Moves to 95* and the ground staff charge in with the covers.

Rain interrupted the play.

Originally posted by: Viswasruti

They are waiting for Jurel's century. He is taking too much time!

It's irritating with black cloud around

Rain stops play at the SSC. Hasn't started raining that heavily, but it might rain soon. For now, the players are off the field. India have posted 475/8, and with Jurel unbeaten on 95, India might continue to bat on. Early Tea has been taken.

Jaisu and Fernando fined 25% of match fee and 1 demerit points each

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14:47 Local Time, 09:17 GMT, 14:47 IST: "It has stopped raining and the ground staff are in the middle starting to work on the covers," pings Prakash. "Covers being taken off now. There's quite a lot of water on top of the covers that the ground staff has to deal with," he adds.

14:55 Local Time, 09:25 GMT, 14:55 IST: It is not all clear yet - "On one side the skies have cleared but on the other there are still a few dark clouds. The ground staff continue their work for now," latest update by Prakash. But if the groundsmen are working on getting the covers off then they are not expecting more rain any time soon.