India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 5: Manav Suthar’s 10-wicket haul helps IND beat SL 165 runs and take 1-0 lead in Galle

[2nd Test at Perth, now at Galle - two tough venues?] Yeah, it's been one of those things in my career. I started in Dharamshala (Test debut), then a Test in Perth, and now Galle. But I couldn't have asked for anything better. The game was amazing. I think we played some really good cricket and really happy with the win. [On the surface, did it change across five days?] Definitely, I think the wicket had its natural wear and tear. But I think it was a great Test match wicket. I think all five days it played pretty well. Definitely, it started to turn a lot more from the third day onwards. But I think at the end of the day, it was all about who came out better in terms of their skill sets, and I think we did that well. [Did left-handers enjoy this surface more?] Not really, but obviously it being very dominated by left-arm spinners bowling a lot, I think that contributes to that. Obviously, it was a bit of a slowish wicket. It wasn't providing that much bite off the wicket, so the left-handers were able to negotiate the left-arm spinners much better. I think that was the key.

[Were you banking on the second new ball during the Dinusha-Nuwantha partnership?] We knew that the new ball was going to come and if we couldn't get wickets, the new ball would be our next best chance. But throughout the day, our mindset obviously was to keep putting the ball in the right areas. We knew there is a little bit of help from the wicket. Obviously, the opposition also can play well. There are batters who will dig deep and get a partnership. So we knew that would happen. So we just had to be patient and just keep putting the ball in the areas, and the wicket, like I said, there was some help in it. And once we got a wicket or once we broke a partnership, then we knew we could get two or three together. [On not many batters getting a big score in this game] It was a really good Test match wicket to play in. Batters who really committed to their plans or had a plan as to how they're going to play spin or fast bowling stood a chance. I feel honestly someone who walked in there thinking, I'll see what to do once I get there are batters who kind of struggled because there was a little bit of help straightaway. And the batters who have gotten out are the guys who gotten out in the first 15-20 balls. That tells you the whole story. So if you could get through that 20 balls, 25 balls and commit to a plan, then you were okay.

Devdutt Padikkal and Manav Suthar have been the top performers for India. They have played exceptionally well; one of them is definitely going to get the Player of the Match, and it might be Padikkal just because he set up the game in the first innings and by the time Suthar came into bowl, the pitch was turning a little. The good thing, though, with the pitch is that it has played well. Well, what an irony as we update: the rain has started here- well, only if Sri Lanka could have hung on for longer.

Manav Suthar has picked up three wickets in that over to get to his second five-wicket haul. It was a tossed-up delivery and Kumara dragged his bat out, and there was a feather to the keeper. Well, that's how games in these conditions not a lot happened in that morning session, and once it started to fall apart, it happened spectacularly. Congratulations to Suthar for his performance.

Well, that is pretty interesting from Shubman Gill. Kuldeep Yadav has bowled only one over, and Suthar has been brought into the attack. Wonder why only that one from Gill was... also, Kuldeep has not looked threatening in this Test match throughout. The wicket he picked in the first innings was more of a soft dismissal.

We are back for the afternoon session; there might be a pretty high chance that this might be the final session of this game. The good thing India did in that morning session is that they did not overdo things and kept that pressure throughout the morning session, which gave results, and they will want to do the same things again.

We are minutes away from the Lunch Break. India would be fairly happy with how things have gone in this session. It was a bit tiring initially with the way De Silva and Sonal batted, which was a little expected, but once that breakthrough came, India looked more upbeat. They would like to pick up one more wicket before the break.

Prasidh Krishna has picked up the wicket of Dickwella here. It was a short ball which the batter tried to cut, and the edge went to the keeper. India have got two wickets in quick succession here. The pace ploy has worked. Nuwantha Keshara is the new man in. India are getting there. While the partnership between De Silva and Sonal was going on, it seemed India would have a long day, but with those couple of wickets, India are in the driver's seat again.

Well, it is Ravindra Jadeja who got the wicket of De Silva again to break the partnership. The batter tried to play the reverse-sweep, and the ball took the top edge straight to the fielder. India has now made inroads. We might see a pacer come into attack for Dickewella; he has struggled against him in the first innings.

Sonal has got to his half-century now; it has been a superb innings from him yet again. When the team was in trouble, he put his hand up, and again he is doing the same. Seems like Sri Lanka has found a gem of a player, and now he must be managed well, taken care of and made into a big player.

The frustration continues for the Indian team here. The Sri Lankan batter Sonal especially has looked top-notch. This day will be the test of patience for Shubman Gill as a captain. He is not doing anything extravagant today but just sticking to the basics and waiting for the errors from the batters to come.

50-run partnership has come up between Sonal and Dhananjaya here. The former is batting pretty nicely again. He seems to have that habit of building partnerships, which is very important in this format of the game. India, on the other hand, has been pretty patient with the approach and is waiting for a mistake.

Well, one of the major problems Sri Lanka does have is that the ball is turning from straight lines, and we have seen Dhananjaya De Silva actually edge one to the slip of Ravindra Jadeja, which was a no-ball. India would hope to bowl more of those deliveries today. It is Jadeja and Siraj who started the day for India.

“It’s a highly result-driven business. I think whenever you go out there, you’re expected to perform, and if you’re not doing that, you’re always on the line in terms of your performance or your job or whatever it may be. I think for me, whenever I go out there, I try to score runs, and if I’m doing that, I’m sure I’ll play more games,” he added.

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Lahiru Udara, Nishan Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva(c), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando

Hello and welcome to our final day of the India vs Sri Lanka live blog. India are almost there; the only thing that can stop them from winning is the rain. Manav Suthar has been quite good again, and there is enough rough on the pitch to get the remaining six wickets. Do stay with us to get all the live updates.