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
Rishabh Pant
39 & 66
Rishabh Pant c Sonal Dinusha b Keshara Nuwantha
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, out Caught by Sonal Dinusha!! In the airrr, not timed and taken nicely by the man running to the right from mid-off. Pant ran down the pitch and looked to attack. Ball hit the bottom of the bat as he lost shape on the shot. Dinusha ran to the right, took the catch and held on nicely despite having to slide. Keshara Nuwantha is a happy man after taking his maiden Test wicket. KL Rahul is walking in! Rishabh Pant c Sonal Dinusha b Keshara Nuwantha 39(62) [4s-4 6s-1]
Rishabh Pant vs Bowlers
Highlights
Rishabh PantTest
In India tour of Sri Lanka 2026
Stats
Value
Matches
1
Innings
2
Runs
105
4
Balls
131
HS
66
5
Avg
52.50
4
SR
80.15
1
Not Out
0
Dots
81
Fours
12
2
Sixes
3
1
Fifties
1
1
Hundreds
0
Nineties
0
Ducks
0
Commentary
80.4W
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, out Caught by Sonal Dinusha!! In the airrr, not timed and taken nicely by the man running to the right from mid-off. Pant ran down the pitch and looked to attack. Ball hit the bottom of the bat as he lost shape on the shot. Dinusha ran to the right, took the catch and held on nicely despite having to slide. Keshara Nuwantha is a happy man after taking his maiden Test wicket. KL Rahul is walking in! Rishabh Pant c Sonal Dinusha b Keshara Nuwantha 39(62) [4s-4 6s-1]
80.3
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, outside off stump, Pant lets it go
80.2
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, advances and drills this flighted delivery on the bounce to long-off
80.1
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs, oh Pant does well to get some bat on it and avoid the stumping. He had ran down the pitch, Keshara Nuwantha dropped it so short, Pant had to dab and got an under edge that rolled past the keeper to the third man fence
79.3
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, dabbed towards point off the back foot
79.2
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, blocked off the front foot
79.1
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, inside edge onto pad and they mute the LBW shout themselves. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Pant looks to defend off the front foot, hits this onto his own pad
78.2
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, steps out to drive this flighted delivery to long-off
77.6
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, quicker delivery just outside off stump, Pant dabs to backward point. He has played a maiden over
77.5
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, shortish delivery, Pant defends
77.4
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, flatter delivery, Pant defends off the back foot
77.3
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, fired down the leg-side again, ignored and Niroshan Dickwella half-stops the ball
77.2
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, flatter delivery on the stumps, Pant defends off the back foot
77.1
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, leg-side flatter delivery, Pant nudges behind square
76.5
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, full delivery, driven to long-off and India raise their 300
76.4
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, very full on the stumps, Pant drives towards mid-on
76.3
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, forward pressed to short cover
75.4
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, waits on the back foot and dabs it to short third man
75.3
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, fullish delivery just around the off stump, Pant defends off the front foot
75.2
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, short delivery on the stumps, Pant works it to the on-side
75.1
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, full delivery on the stumps, too full, Pant defends
74.6
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, very full delivery, flicked to mid-wicket
73.6
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, covers the line and blocks
73.54
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, short ball and Pant rocks back to pull this in the gap to the left of deep mid-wicket
73.2
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, shortish and on the stumps, Pant pulls on one leg and sends it through backward square leg
73.1
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, flatter delivery just around the off stump, Pant defends
72.6
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, Pant skips down and drives this full ball along the ground to long-on
72.5
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, 88.3kph, Pant hops across a bit to defend this offie into the leg-side with a closed bat-face
72.3
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, in-drifter with a slip and a gully in place. Pant skips down to work it into the midwicket pocket. The single brings up the fifty partnership
71.1
Dhananjaya to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, 77.7kph, non-turner on the stumps, Pant stays back and turns it to midwicket
70.2
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, 85.5kph, Pant gets down low, tumbles as he paddle-sweeps to backward square leg
70.1
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, 86.5kph, beaten! Floated up, Pant presses forward to block. The ball dips and grips to beat the outside edge
69.5
Dhananjaya to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, 75.4kph, Pant lunges forward in defence and inside-edges this fullish ball to square leg
69.4
Dhananjaya to Rishabh Pant, no run, 78.4kph, Pant steps out of the crease, moves across in the process and nudges it into the leg-side
68.6
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, 86.4kph, fuller ball and Pant solidly blocks off the front foot
68.5
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, 87.8kph, drifts in and spins away, decent bounce as well, Pant moves back and across to somehow block it out
68.44
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, shortened length, Pant is quick to trek back and hammer the pull in front of square on the leg-side
68.3
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, 85.9kph, spins away from a length, Pant hangs back to defend. The outside falls short of the slip fielder
67.64
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, Pant steps out of the crease and swings his bat hard. Doesn't quite middle and drags the slog between long-on and deep midwicket. In the gap and it's a boundary
67.5
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, shoulders arms and allows this full delivery outside off to hit his pad
67.4
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, 81.2kph, fraction short, Pant nudges it to short midwicket
67.36
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, SIX, shot! 81kph, Rishabh Pant waltzes down the track, converts this flighted delivery into a half-volley and lofts handsomely over wide long-on
66.6
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, 83.1kph, slow through the air, drifts in, lands on a length around middle and spins away sharply to beat the defensive outside edge of Pant. Raps the batter on the back leg and that results in an lbw appeal. Too much spin and missing off though
65.6
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, shimmies down, gets beaten in the flight and since the line is outside off, he decides to pad it away
65.5
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, 83.4kph, stays back to defend this length ball
65.4
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, full ball drifting in, Pant gets forward to defend it towards short leg
65.3
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, 83.1kph, full again and Pant is content in stonewalling
65.2
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, no run, 81.4kph, full delivery, blocked to cover
64.64
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, in the air, safe and four! Tossed up ball, Pant shimmies down the track and decides to loft one down the ground. Ends up slicing it a long way up in the air. Not quite off the middle of the bat but it's out of the backpedalling mid-off fielder. One bounce and into the fence
64.5
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, 89.9kph, quicker one outside off, Pant looks to cut hard off the back foot and misses
64.4
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, slower and full on off, stonewalled
64.3
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, full on the stumps, blocked
64.2
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, full on off, Pant pushes defensively to cover
64.1
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, bit of spin as Keshara tosses it up from round the wicket, Pant stays back to turn it to midwicket
63.3
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, floaty delivery on middle, punched down to long-on for a single
62.6
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, beaten, lovely delivery from Nuwantha, he's getting consistent turn now - tossed up on off, the drift makes Pant press forward and then it turns sharply past the outside edge
62.5
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, tossed up and sliding into the left-hander - Pant leans across and defends it to the on-side
62.4
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, Nuwantha tosses one on off, Pant prods well forward as he defended
62.3
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, nice bit of flight on off - Pant lunges well forward on the defensive block
62.2
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, no run, tossed up on off, defended back at the bowler
62.1
Keshara Nuwantha to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs, edged, and the ball rolls wide of first slip- DDS dived, but the ball was always past his reach, drifted in and then turned across the left-hander, drawing Pant forward on the defensive push
61.6
Prabath Jayasuriya to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, tossed up and spinning into the left-hander, Pant lets the ball turn and then nudges with soft hands past square leg
