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India Sets a Tough Target for Sri Lanka in Galle Test Match

In the opening Test match of the series, India posted a second‑innings total of 193 runs.

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Key Points

5 points

India scored 193 runs in their second innings.

Sri Lanka needs 372 runs to win the match.

Rishabh Pant made a quick 66 runs.

Asitha Fernando took four wickets for 31 runs.

Dinesh Chandimal was injured while fielding and received scans.

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This gave Sri Lanka a target of 372 runs to chase on the fourth day.

Rishabh Pant contributed a rapid 66 runs, while Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul added useful lower‑order scores.

Sri Lankan seamer Asitha Fernando was the most successful bowler with figures of four wickets for 31 runs.

Sri Lankan batsman Dinesh Chandimal sustained an injury while fielding and was taken to hospital for medical scans.

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8 words

innings

a team's period of batting

target

the score the opposing team must reach to win

seamer

a bowler who makes the ball move quickly

figures

the bowler's performance numbers (runs given and wickets taken)

wickets

times a batter is dismissed

fielding

the act of catching or stopping the ball to prevent runs

injury

a physical harm that may need treatment

medical scans

pictures taken by doctors to check inside the body

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