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India has been pretty tidy with their lines and lengths this morning; it seems like they want to stick to their accuracy and let the surface do its thing by frustrating the batters. It is a pretty sound strategy, which is something India should have done in the first innings. As we update, Suthar has come into the attack here. India has reduced Sri Lanka to 84/4 at the end of Day 4. Manav Suthar yet again has been quite superb with his bowling, picking up two wickets. Pacers Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj too chipped in with one wicket each. Sri Lanka still needs 288 runs to win the Test match, which is a difficult task from here. However, although there is enough time and enough help for the bowlers from the surface, rain can hamper India’s chances and not let them win. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, with the centurion from the first innings, Sonal Dinusha, in the middle alongside skipper Dhaanjaya De Silva, will try to put on a resilient show. Earlier, India have been bundled out for 193 runs, taking a lead of 371 runs after India bowled out Sri Lanka for 284 runs in the first innings thanks to Suthar’s four-wicket spell. He found an ally in another veteran left-arm spinner, Ravindra Jadeja, who picked up three wickets SCROLL BELOW FOR OF INDIA VS SRI LANKA 1st TEST, DAY 5 FROM GALLE 50-run partnership has come up between Sonal and Dhananjaya here. The former is batting pretty nicely again. He seems to have that habit of building partnerships, which is very important in this format of the game. India, on the other hand, has been pretty patient with the approach and is waiting for a mistake. So far, the pitch has played very well; we are also in that stage of the innings, with the seam especially getting flattened. We have seen that big partnership between Sonal Dinusha and Niroshan Dickwella, which frustrated the Indian bowlers, and there is a nice partnership now building between Sonal and De Silva. Well, one of the major problems Sri Lanka does have is that the ball is turning from straight lines, and we have seen Dhananjaya De Silva actually edge one to the slip of Ravindra Jadeja, which was a no-ball. India would hope to bowl more of those deliveries today. It is Jadeja and Siraj who started the day for India. The sun is shining brightly here in Galle, which means India can push for a win. We saw yesterday how quickly the wickets were falling. If the weather holds up, we might get a result by Tea break today, unless Sri Lanka produces resilience for the ages and pulls out a draw from here on. “It’s a highly result-driven business. I think whenever you go out there, you’re expected to perform, and if you’re not doing that, you’re always on the line in terms of your performance or your job or whatever it may be. I think for me, whenever I go out there, I try to score runs, and if I’m doing that, I’m sure I’ll play more games,” he added. “Not really. I don’t think those kinds of conversations take place. It’s important that whenever you get that opportunity, you just take it. I don’t really go looking for those conversations. For me, it’s important that whenever I get that chance, I perform. I don’t really put too much emphasis on getting a run of games or things like that because in modern-day cricket, you cannot really expect those kinds of things,” Padikkal told reporters on Tuesday. India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Lahiru Udara, Nishan Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva(c), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando [Does life feel good after this journey?] It feels really good. Playing Test cricket is a dream for every cricketer. And the way I started this match, getting a wicket off the first ball and finding a good rhythm, I just tried to continue that by bowling in good areas. [How do you prepare before every match?] I just do spot bowling before the match, usually a day or two before, as much as possible to get into rhythm. That's the practice I follow. [On Jadeja and Kuldeep] Jadeja bhai and Kuldeep bhai are very senior and legendary bowlers. I get to learn a lot just by watching them. I try to learn as much as I can from them every day. [On the surface] The wicket was playing well. Even when we were bowling in the second innings, we were getting only a little turn. Maybe tomorrow there will be more turn. Let's see. [What are your plans for tomorrow?] The idea is to get a good start. We will try to find our lengths as quickly as possible and then, depending on the wicket, decide what lengths we need to bowl tomorrow morning. So the plan will be to adapt to the conditions as quickly as possible. Hello and welcome to our final day of the India vs Sri Lanka live blog. India are almost there; the only thing that can stop them from winning is the rain. Manav Suthar has been quite good again, and there is enough rough on the pitch to get the remaining six wickets. Do stay with us to get all the live updates. Rishabh Pant’s century of sixes came faster than anyone in Test history In Test cricket, hitting sixes is largely irrelevant to success and greatness. While modern limited-overs formats demand boundary-hitting, legendary batters like David Boon, Mike Atherton, and VVS Laxman forged iconic, long careers while almost never clearing the fence. Even for famous aggressive players like Ben Stokes or Viv Richards, six-hitting is merely an extra flourish rather than the core of their legacy, proving that patience, composure, and aura—not big hits—define the long form of the game. 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