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India Closes In on Test Match Win Over Sri Lanka

India is just 197 runs short of the 372‑run target set for Sri Lanka.

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Key Points

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Target set: 372 runs for Sri Lanka to win.

Score at lunch: Sri Lanka 175/6, 197 runs behind.

Ravindra Jadeja took the wicket of captain Dhananjaya de Silva.

Sonal Dinusha scores 65 runs; Keshara Nuwantha scores 8 runs.

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Sri Lanka was 175 runs for six wickets at the lunch break on day five.

Key dismissals included Sri Lanka’s captain Dhananjaya de Silva, out to India’s bowler Ravindra Jadeja.

Sonal Dinusha remains unbeaten with 65 runs, while Keshara Nuwantha adds eight.

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6 words

wicket

A dismissal of a batter by the bowling side.

target

The total number of runs the batting side must achieve to win.

partnership

The combined runs scored by two batters before one gets out.

overs

A set of six legal balls bowled by a bowler.

all out

When a batting side has lost all ten wickets.

captain

The player who leads and makes strategic decisions for the team.

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