Devdutt Padikkal's bat is roaring on the Sri Lanka tour. This young batsman has scored a century in the second test also. He completed his century by taking a single on the last ball of the 70th over on the first day of the game (23 August). Padikkal, who came to the crease after the dismissal of KL Rahul in the 11th over, got life on the very second ball. He cut the ball of Lahiru Kumara, which reached Sonal Dinusha at point but he could not catch it. At this time Padikkal's account was also not opened.

After this, Padikkal missed a difficult catch in the slip. He tried to cut the short ball from Keshara Nuwantha, which took a thick outside edge and went rapidly towards slip. The fielder standing there had a difficult opportunity, which he could not convert into a catch. Padikkal had got two lives to reach 1 run. Taking advantage of this, he scored the second century of his Test career.

India's position is strong

Padikkal had played an inning of 167 runs in the first test match of the series played in Galle. By winning this match, Team India took a 1-0 lead in the series. In the second Test match being played in Colombo, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first and after a solid start, they lost the wickets of both the openers for 66 runs. Padikkal and captain Shubman Gill took charge from here and made a partnership of 120 runs for the third wicket. Shubman returned to the pavilion after scoring 50 runs. After his departure, Rishabh Pant (3), who came to the crease, retired hurt.

Pant got injured on his hand while trying to pull the ball bowled by Lahiru Kumara. After this Padikkal got the support of Ravindra Jadeja. Both of them took India beyond 250 and played a half-century partnership. During this, Padikkal completed his century. However, after this he was clean bowled by Nuvantha. He scored 117 runs in 193 balls with the help of 12 fours. His wicket fell at the score of 281.