Sri Lanka 265 for 8, 238 behind: Dinusha’s unbeaten 85 holds two wickets up after Prasidh’s 3 for 47.

At stumps on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, Day Three of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, Sri Lanka were 265 for 8 in reply to India’s 503 for 9 declared, trailing by 238 with two wickets left. This cutting is the finished third-day board. It is not a reprint of the already-shipped Day Two card built on a Jurel century. India’s 503 for 9 declared is the first-innings total the reply is measured against. It is not Tuesday’s batting news.

Sonal Dinusha was unbeaten on 85. Pasindu Sooriyabandara made 80. Those are the two Sri Lanka scores locked here. This desk will not invent the rest of the scorecard, a partnership figure, or whether Sooriyabandara was dismissed. Dinusha unbeaten on 85 is the close-of-play fact that kept the innings from ending on the third evening. Two wickets in hand is the other close-of-play fact.

Prasidh Krishna had 3 for 47. One public account said Prasidh and Manav Suthar shared six wickets. Three for 47 is Prasidh’s locked analysis. Six shared is the other writing. This desk will not invent Suthar’s individual figures, an over-count, or a spell-split the tip does not lock. A shared-six line is one public account. It is not a second analysis this page will fabricate for Suthar.

The newly completed 25 August day is the only reason this card exists. A live unfinished session would have been a different clock. Stumps were reached. Two hundred sixty-five for 8 is a close-of-play score, not an all-out. Two hundred thirty-eight behind is the first-innings gap at that close. Eighty-five not out is Dinusha’s share of preventing the innings from ending on the third evening. Eighty is Sooriyabandara’s locked contribution. Those two names are the only Sri Lanka batters this tip writes. The rest of the order is a silence.

India’s first-innings declaration at 503 for 9 sits on the same match. It is already public from Day Two. Repeating it here is arithmetic for the trail, not a retelling of the declaration or of any Indian century. This page will not reopen the Day Two hundred.

Colombo’s Sinhalese Sports Club is the geography. Day Three is complete. This desk will not invent a follow-on decision, a Day Four declaration, or a medical update. Form B and any poll date are not notified on a cricket cutting.

Until Day Four advances the board, the public ledger is Sri Lanka 265 for 8, India 503 for 9 declared, a trail of 238, two wickets left, Dinusha 85 not out, Sooriyabandara 80, Prasidh Krishna 3 for 47, and one public account that Prasidh and Manav Suthar shared six wickets. The squeeze did not end the innings on Tuesday. The third day is finished. The Test is not.