Pasindu Sooriyabandara was stumped on 92© X (Twitter)
Indian cricket group wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and spinner Manav Suthar got here up with a masterplan to dismiss Sri Lanka batter Pasindu Sooriyabandara throughout Day 4 of the second Check match in Colombo on Wednesday. The incident befell throughout the 61st over of Sri Lanka’s second innings when Sooriyabandara determined to step out to his crease to hit Suthar for an enormous one. Nonetheless, the spinner pre-empted his cost and ended up bowling a gradual supply vast of off-stump. The batter failed to attach with the ball and Rishabh Pant had sufficient time behind the stumps to disturb the stumps. It was an enormous wicket for India because the Sri Lanka batter regarded in sensible contact and fell simply eight runs away from his first Check century.
By the way, the batter survived a detailed LBW name on the earlier supply and Pant was caught on stump mic shouting directions to the bowler and the fielders. The wicket-keeper sensed that the batter was getting stressed and requested the fielder at mid-on to prepare. Sooriyabandara stepped out of his crease on the following ball and ended up throwing away his wicket.
RECORD BREAKING STUMPING BY RISHABH PANT
Rishabh Pant stumped sri lankan harmful batsman sooriyabandra in simply 0.3 seconds. Biggest wicket keeper within the historical past of cricket !! pic.twitter.com/jlRxM4k9sX
— Ansh (@159atsydney_) August 26, 2026
Coming to the match, Pasindu Sooriyabandara top-scored with a 92 as Sri Lanka reached 229 for six at stumps of their second innings after being pressured to observe on by India on the fourth day of the second Check in Colombo on Wednesday.
India bowled out Sri Lanka for 290 of their first innings, shortly after Sonal Dinusha reached his century to achieve an enormous lead of 213 runs. India amassed 503 for 9 declared of their first essay.
Prasidh Krishna (3/52) and Manav Suthar (3/85) picked up three wickets apiece for India within the Sri Lankan first innings, with Saransh Jain (2/69) bagging his first wickets in Check cricket this morning.
By stumps, which was known as early owing to heavy rain, Sri Lanka managed to erase the deficit of over 200 runs, however India remained firmly accountable for the match and can fancy their probability of sweeping the sequence 2-0 on Thursday after their convincing victory within the opener at Galle.
Kamindu Mendis chipped in with 55 within the residence group’s second innings, as Sri Lanka went forward by 16 runs with Sonal Dinusha (7) and Keshara Nuwantha (3) on the crease.
(With PTI inputs)
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