Devdutt Padikkal Scores Century for India Against Sri Lanka
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Devdutt Padikkal is a cricket player from India. He plays for the Indian Test team.
India is playing a Test match against Sri Lanka. This is the first Test in the series.
Padikkal scored a century in the match. A century means 100 runs.
He is now the first Indian player to score a century on Independence Day. This is a special record.
People are happy about his good performance. Fans and other players liked his innings.
There is also news about KL Rahul. He may have an injury.
This match is important for India. The team wants to win against Sri Lanka.
Vocabulary15 words
- Test
- a long cricket match; five days
- series
- a group of matches between two teams
- century
- 100 runs in cricket; a big number
- performance
- how well someone plays
- injury
- hurt part of the body
- innings
- the time when a player is batting
- batter
- a player who hits the ball
- record
- the best result ever; first time
- cricket
- a sport with a bat and ball
- match
- a game between two teams
- team
- a group of players
- fans
- people who like a player or team
- runs
- points in cricket
- special
- not normal; important
- India
- a big country in Asia
Quiz
Answer key
1. A century 2. Sri Lanka 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Devdutt Padikkal is a cricket player from _____. He plays for the Indian Test team.
India is playing a Test match against _____. This is the first Test in the series.
Padikkal scored a _____ in the match. A century means 100 runs.
He is now the first Indian player to score a century on _____ Day. This is a special record.
People are happy about his good performance. Fans and other _____ liked his innings.
There is also news about KL Rahul. He may have an _____.
This match is important for India. The team wants to _____ against Sri Lanka.