{
  "id": 345247,
  "title": "India vs Sri Lanka Cricket XI practice match live: Scores, highlights and key performances ahead of IND vs SL Test series",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/india-vs-sri-lanka-cricket-xi-practice-match-live-scores-highlights",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-09T04:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/india-vs-sri-lanka-cricket-051116056.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India and Sri Lanka will face off in a three-day practice match at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo before their Test series. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first. India will be without Shubman Gill, who injured his right ring finger earlier in the week. The match offers India a chance to fine-tune their bowling attack, which will be missing Jasprit Bumrah due to injury. Untried players Auqib Nabi and Saransh Jain will also get a chance to play. The series begins with the first Test in Galle on August 15, followed by the second Test in Colombo.",
  "summary": "With Team India getting ready for their two-match Test Series in Sri Lanka, here's a look at the practice match between India and Sri Lanka",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}