Sri Lanka Fight Back After Follow-On in 2nd Test vs India
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India and Sri Lanka are playing a cricket match in Colombo. It is called a Test match. This is the second Test of the tour.
Sri Lanka had to follow on. This means they batted again very soon. It happens when a team scores much less than the other team.
Two Sri Lanka batsmen fought hard. Their names are Sooriyabandara and Kamindu Mendis. They tried to stop India from winning fast.
But Sri Lanka may still lose the series. A series is a group of matches between two teams. India is winning this series so far.
The match is part of India's cricket tour of Sri Lanka in 2026. People can follow the game with live score updates and commentary.
Commentary means people talk about the game while it happens. This helps fans understand every ball. A ball is one throw from the bowler.
Vocabulary15 words
- Test
- a long cricket match that lasts up to five days
- follow on
- when a losing team must bat again right away
- series
- a group of matches between two teams
- live score
- the score shown while a game is happening
- commentary
- people talking about a game as it happens
- ball
- one throw of the ball in cricket
- batsman
- a player who hits the ball
- defeat
- when a team loses
- tour
- when a sports team travels to play in another country
- fight
- to try very hard
- match
- a game between two teams
- team
- a group of players
- score
- the number of points a team has
- win
- to be the best in a game
- lose
- to not win a game
Quiz
Answer key
1. India and Sri Lanka 2. They had to follow on 3. True
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