Sri Lanka vs India, 1st Test, India tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - Player PerformanceSL vs IND, 1st Test, India tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - Player Performance
In This Match
Keshara Nuwantha
2 & 20•3-175 & 1-86
Keshara Nuwantha b Manav Suthar
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, out Bowled!! 10th wicket in the match for Manav Suthar and India win by 165 runs. Quicker delivery from the left-armer, the ball skids off the deck. Keshara Nuwantha stays back to defend and only manages to get a faint inside edge that goes onto clatter into the stumps. Suthar punches the air in delight. Keshara Nuwantha b Manav Suthar 20(69) [4s-3]
Keshara Nuwantha vs Bowlers
Highlights
Keshara NuwanthaTest
In India tour of Sri Lanka 2026
Stats
Value
Matches
2
Innings
4
Runs
86
10
Balls
311
HS
46
11
Avg
21.50
14
SR
27.65
15
Not Out
0
Dots
262
Fours
9
9
Sixes
1
6
Fifties
0
Hundreds
0
Nineties
0
Ducks
0
Commentary
77.4W
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, out Bowled!! 10th wicket in the match for Manav Suthar and India win by 165 runs. Quicker delivery from the left-armer, the ball skids off the deck. Keshara Nuwantha stays back to defend and only manages to get a faint inside edge that goes onto clatter into the stumps. Suthar punches the air in delight. Keshara Nuwantha b Manav Suthar 20(69) [4s-3]
77.3
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, 2 runs, driven through extra cover and the batters decide to come back for the second. A better throw would have made things interesting
77.24
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, FOUR, fuller ball, Nuwantha gets inside the line as he gets low and nicely paddle-sweeps it to fine leg. The ball runs away to the fence
77.1
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, flat ball on a length, defended
76.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, 1 run, fuller in length and Nuwantha gets forward to turn it to midwicket
76.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, another vociferous appeal for lbw, Ahsan Raza shakes his head. India discuss and Gill sends it upstairs with a second or two remaining. Clear inside edge onto the pads as Nuwantha lunges forward to block this length ball. India have lost all their reviews now
76.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, comes in straight with the arm, Nuwantha gets forward to block and gets an inside edge that goes between the legs
76.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, left alone outside off
76.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, spins away from a fullish length to beat Nuwantha's outside edge who gets forward to block
74.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 95.4kph, full and angling in, defensively pushed to cover
74.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 92.1kph, spins away from a length, Nuwantha goes back and across to keep it out
74.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 92.4kph, full and drifting in, a big forward press from Nuwantha to block
74.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 92kph, quick away-spin, Nuwantha goes back and across to block it out
74.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 90.3kph, full delivery, Nuwantha leans across to drive to cover-point
73.6
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 92.1kph, another flat delivery and Nuwantha defends it back to Suthar
73.5
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 91.5kph, flatter in trajectory, the ball skids off the deck outside off. Nuwantha rocks back to cut and misses
73.4
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 91.2kph, Nuwantha presses forward and defends this in-drifting full delivery off the inner part of the bat
72.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, on seeing the line outside off, Nuwantha offers his pad with an extravagant leave, The ball goes to slip off his pad
72.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 92.3kph, another away-turner, Nuwantha allows the ball to do its bit and pokes it to backward point
72.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 91kph, spinning away outside off, left alone
72.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, goes back, watches this flat ball closely and defends towards gully
72.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 92.2kph, full delivery on off, Nuwantha defends off the front foot
72.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, beaten! 90.9kph, stays back to a fairly full delivery and the ball rips past the outside edge
71.6
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, 1 run, 92kph, another in-drifter, too full and on leg, Nuwantha gets forward to turn it to square leg
71.5
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 85.4kph, flighted ball drifting in towards middle-leg, Nuwantha gets forward and knocks it back to the bowler
71.4
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 90.6kph, another block with an opened bat-face off the front foot
71.3
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 90.3kph, a big forward stride from Nuwantha to defend this full delivery with an opened bat-face
71.2
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 87.3kph, flighted delivery, full on middle, defended into off
70.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 87.3kph, more air and fuller, Nuwantha presses forward to defend it wide of the silly point fielder
70.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 92kph, quicker one on a length and Nuwantha goes on the back foot to block it into the pitch
70.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 90.9kph, full delivery, blocked to silly point off the front foot
69.6
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 89.3kph, Nuwantha gets forward to block this fullish ball off the inner part of the bat. Maiden over
69.5
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 90.3kph, full and drifting in towards middle, another solid forward block
69.4
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, flighted delivery, off-stump line and Keshara Nuwantha lunges forward to block it into off
69.3
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 84.8kph, wider line, left alone
69.2
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 88.4kph, non-turner just outside off, blocked from the crease
69.1
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, round the wicket, with a slip, gully and silly point in place, Manav Suthar starts with a shortish ball outside off. Cut to point off the back foot
67.64
Kuldeep Yadav to Keshara Nuwantha, FOUR, 80.6kph, slower and shorter, Nuwantha quickly rocks back to pull it through the vacant midwicket region. Second boundary for the debutant
67.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 81.8kph, full and just outside off, Nuwantha defends it towards cover off the front foot
67.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, legbreak that spins down leg and beats Nuwantha's glance
67.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 83.5kph, Keshara Nuwantha goes on the back foot to block this slightly shorter ball
67.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 80.7kph, over the wicket, flighted delivery, full and outside off, Nuwantha lunges forward in defence
66.6
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, on the shorter side as Keshara Nuwantha moves back and taps it to the off-side, and that will be lunch on Day 5
66.5
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, drifting in from round the wicket, Keshara Nuwantha plays it back to Manav Suthar
66.4
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, covers the line and keeps it out
66.3
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, slower and it turns away outside off, Keshara Nuwantha shoulders arms
66.2
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, floated on the middle, Keshara Nuwantha blocks it along the ground to slips
65.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, slightly slower outside off at 89kph, Keshara Nuwantha drives it uppishly to extra cover
65.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, flatter and shorter, Keshara Nuwantha rocks back for a cut but misses
65.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, 93.1kph on length, Keshara Nuwantha outside halves it to slip on one bounce
65.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, quicker one on full-length, Keshara Nuwantha is happy to dead bat
65.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, fullish on this occasion, but Keshara Nuwantha gets behind the line and defends
65.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, flatter on the stumps, Keshara Nuwantha presses forward and defends it into the pitch
64.4
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, 1 run, non-turning length delivery on the stumps, Keshara Nuwantha outside halves the block to the point area for a single
64.3
Manav Suthar to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, gets well forward for his block on this away-turning length delivery
63.64
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, FOUR, no one at the point region, and Keshara Nuwantha makes the most of it! Short and wide from Ravindra Jadeja as the right-hander gets on top of it and taps it to deep backward point for a boundary
63.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, inside halves the defence onto the pads
63.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, flatter and shorter, Keshara Nuwantha stands tall and offers a straight bat
63.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, 2 runs, short and wide, Keshara Nuwantha gets a bottom edge trying to cut as the ball drops in front of the slip after taking the gloves of the keeper
63.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, very full as Keshara Nuwantha gets low for a defence
63.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, leg-lined with a hint of turn, Keshara Nuwantha defends it into the pitch
61.6
Prasidh Krishna to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, banged into the pitch as Keshara Nuwantha hops and blocks it in front of him
61.5
Prasidh Krishna to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, back of a length outside off at just below 144kph, Keshara Nuwantha keeps his bat down and lets it go
61.4
Prasidh Krishna to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, throws this outside leg, Keshara Nuwantha tries a flick but the ball is far away from him
61.3
Prasidh Krishna to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, bumper but this one leg-lined, Keshara Nuwantha bends his back and leaves it for the keeper
61.2
Prasidh Krishna to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, goes short again, Keshara Nuwantha is happy to duck under it
61.1
Prasidh Krishna to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, drops it short, Keshara Nuwantha sits under it and lets it go
60.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Keshara Nuwantha, 1 run, shortish on the stumps and it turns away, Keshara Nuwantha is on his knee and sweeps it to fine leg for a single
60.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Keshara Nuwantha, no run, steps on the front foot and defends it back to the bowler
