India enforce follow-on after restricting Sri Lanka to 290 in Colombo Test

India enforced the follow-on on Day 4 of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, after bowling the hosts out for 290 runs in their first innings. The visitors had declared their first innings at 503/9, leaving Sri Lanka trailing by 213 runs.

Despite a gritty century from Sonal Dinusha, who scored 103 off 162 balls, Sri Lanka could not avoid the follow-on. Dinusha continued his impressive run against India, scoring his second successive Test century. He was eventually dismissed by debutant spinner Saransh Jain, who claimed his second wicket of the innings. KL Rahul completed the catch in the slips to end Sri Lanka's innings.

Sri Lanka resumed their first innings on Day 3 at 8/2 and built partnerships to counter India's attack. Debutant Kamil Mishara scored 19, Pasindu Sooriyabandara made 80, and captain Dhananjaya de Silva also contributed. However, Niroshan Dickwella fell for a duck, and Dinusha, along with Keshara Nuwantha (18), provided resistance.

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He had scored 100 and 84 in the first Test at Galle and continued his fine form before eventually falling for 103.

Rain had halted play on Day 3 with Sri Lanka at 265/8. India's dominant first innings was anchored by centuries from Devdutt Padikkal (117) and Dhruv Jurel (115 not out), with valuable contributions from Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant (63).

With Sri Lanka now batting their second innings, India requires 10 wickets to secure an innings victory. The hosts face the daunting task of erasing the 213-run deficit and setting a target, aiming to extend the match beyond the scheduled end on Thursday.

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India then enforced the follow-on, with Sri Lanka beginning their second innings with Kamil Mishara and Lahiru Udara opening the batting.