Overview
- India bowled Sri Lanka out for 284 on Monday to take a 178-run first-innings lead after posting 462 in their own first innings.
- Left-arm debutant Manav Suthar took 4-76 and Ravindra Jadeja took 3-57 as the two spinners shared seven wickets and drove the collapse.
- Ravindra Jadeja reached 350 Test wickets during the innings and Sonal Dinusha countered with a maiden Test century in a 146-run sixth-wicket stand with Niroshan Dickwella.
- On Day 4 India resumed their second innings, lost Yashasvi Jaiswal for a three-ball duck, saw K.L. Rahul survive a DRS review urged by Devdutt Padikkal before being dismissed later, and reached 116-4 at lunch to lead by 294 with six wickets in hand.
- Time and weather remain the decisive factors for a result because Galle’s rain interruptions have already reduced play and India must choose a declaration timing that leaves enough overs to bowl Sri Lanka out for World Test Championship points.