Padikkal’s 117 — second hundred in as many Tests, after drops on 0 and 1 — lifts India to 300/5; Pant retired hurt. Day Two live.

India closed Day One of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo at 300 for five in eighty-five overs on Sunday, 23 August 2026. India won the toss and chose to bat. The match is scheduled from 23 to 27 August. Day Two is live on Monday, 24 August, and this cutting stays on tomorrow’s paper under house live-today rules. These are scoreboard facts. They are not a match result.

Devdutt Padikkal made 117 — his second Test hundred in consecutive Tests — with twelve boundaries on one public account. He was dropped on nought and on one before building the innings. Shubman Gill scored 50. Yashasvi Jaiswal made 45. At stumps Dhruv Jurel was seven not out and debutant Saransh Jain four not out. Saransh Jain debuted in place of Kuldeep Yadav. Partnerships cited on the day include 120 runs between Padikkal and Gill and 74 between Padikkal and Ravindra Jadeja. India hit thirty-six boundaries across the eighty-five overs.

Asitha Fernando was the pick of the Sri Lanka attack with three for 46. Lahiru Kumara and Keshara Nuwantha took one wicket each. Rishabh Pant was hit on the forearm by Kumara and retired hurt; public accounts said he was expected to bat later. Jadeja was also hit on the forearm, needed the physiotherapist for cramp, and was later bowled by Asitha. Injury retirements and a bowled dismissal are scoreboard lines. This desk will not invent a scan result, a concussion protocol, or a medical clearance the tip does not lock.

Colombo’s Sinhalese Sports Club is the geography. Dhananjaya de Silva’s side is bowling on a first-day surface that still yielded three hundred Indian runs for the loss of five wickets. Form B and any poll date are not notified on a cricket cutting. This desk will not invent a Day Two declaration plan or a target the match has not yet written.

Until Day Two advances the scoreboard, the public ledger is India 300 for five after winning the toss, Padikkal’s 117 after drops on nought and one, Gill’s fifty, Jaiswal’s forty-five, Jurel and Jain unbeaten at the close, Asitha’s three for 46, Pant retired hurt from a forearm blow, Jadeja bowled after a forearm blow and cramp, a 120-run stand and a 74-run stand built around Padikkal, thirty-six boundaries in the day, and a Test debut for Saransh Jain in place of Kuldeep Yadav. The second Test continues through 27 August.