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Sri Lanka mounted a determined fightback on the fourth day of the second and final Test, but India remained firmly in control and moved closer to completing a series sweep. The hosts ended Wednesday on 229-6, just 16 runs ahead, with only four wickets remaining. Sri Lanka Bowled Out for 290 Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka were dismissed for 290 in their first innings. Debutant spinner Saransh Jain claimed the final two wickets, allowing India captain Shubman Gill to enforce the follow-on.

KL Rahul will bowl "wherever", India have a problem ahead of the second Test against Australia after Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are likely to be fit, KL Rahul told reporters on Wednesday.  The 54-Test veteran played his first Test at Perth which India lost by 295 runs, and subbed for Yashasvi Jaiswal who was left to take care of Rohit, who was at home for his second child’s birth.  Gill, number three also missing out on the match due to thumb injury,

Pakistan on Friday achieved an emphatic 152-run victory in the second Test against England at Multan Cricket Stadium, thus bringing the three-match series back on level terms. Pakistan won the match on the fourth morning, inspired by another great spell of spin from its bowlers, with Noman Ali taking an impressive 8 wickets in the match. England was bowled out for 144, with Ali needing just eight runs on a spin assisted pitch that targeted 297. There was no stopping Noman Ali. The