IND vs SL XI Live, Day 3: India declare, Auqib Nabi in focus as visitors bowl

IND vs SL XIIndia (IND) vs Sri Lanka (SL) XI Live Score warm up match Day 3: India have declared at 357/6 despite trailing by 6 runs at the start of the day. The visitors have opted to give their bowlers a full day to assess the conditions as they build up towards the opening Test match of the series....Read MoreIndia (IND) vs Sri Lanka (SL) XI live score warm-up match Day 3. (PTI Photo) Hi and welcome to India Today's live coverage of the India vs Sri Lanka XI, warm-up Day 3 in Colombo. Aug 9, 2026 10:19 ISTIND vs SL Live: Injured Shubman Gill trainingThat has to be a welcome sight for the Indian team. India captain Shubman Gill did not play the first two days of the warm-up match after he copped an injury in the nets. It seems that Gill has begun his training at the ground. Meanwhile, coaches Gautam Gambhir and Morne Morkel are watching the match unfold on the main ground. Courtesy: SonyLiv Aug 9, 2026 10:11 ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka Day 3 Live: Prasidh sprays runPrasidh Krishna starts by spraying the ball on the leg side. He gets flicked for a boundary by Ravindu Rasantha. Prasidh shakes his head, and returns to the crease with more zip this time. He troubles the batter with more pace on the pads, which forces the batter into mistiming his shots on the leg side. One of the key differences between Siraj and Prasidh is how full Prasidh was in his opening over. While Siraj hovered in the good length area, Prasidh wanted to go full and fast into the stumps. India vs Sri Lanka Live warm-up Day 3 Live: SL (7/0, 363/8d) lead India (357/6d) by 13 runs. Aug 9, 2026 10:07 ISTIND vs SL Live: Siraj, Prasidh start with new ballMohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna begin with the new ball. Auqib Nabi has marked his run-up as well and we might see him in action soon. Siraj starts with a splendid over. Hovering around the off stump channel against right-hander Dilshan Madushanka. There is slight nip in the air due to the overcast conditions, and the pacers are expected to make life difficult for the batters in the opening session of the final day. Aug 9, 2026 10:00 ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka warm-up Live: India declareIndia will not start with the bat on the final day of the warm-up game. Devdutt Padikkal and Gurnoor Brar will not start with the bat. Still trailing by 6 runs, India opt to declare their innings at 357/6. Mohammed Siraj has been handed the new ball, and it is expected that Auqib Nabi will get to bowl a lot of overs today. Photo: SonyLiv Farvez Mahroof and Avishka Fernando do the pitch report today, and say that there will be no help for the spinners. The grass has dried out, but there is enough bounce to aid the fast bowlers in this ground. Aug 9, 2026 09:55 ISTIND vs SL warm-up live: Why is this innings important for Padikkal?India received news yesterday that their No.3 batter Sai Sudharsan has been ruled out for the series. India would be very happy to see Devdutt Padikkal step up to the mantle and bat in such dominating fashion. The live action is about to begin. Stay tuned. Aug 9, 2026 09:46 ISTIND vs SL Live: LivestreamingThe India vs Sri Lanka warm-up match is live on Sony Liv. The final day of the match will start at 9:50 am. You can either watch the match on the Sony Sports Network, or, you can follow the game live on our website, where we will bring you the most important moments of the day. Additionally, we will talk about all the relevant things as India build-up for their 2-match Test series in Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, if you want to check out what happened on the previous day of the match, you can click on the Day 2 link here. Aug 9, 2026 09:43 ISTIND vs SL Live: What to look forward to?India will hope to add some runs to their board, enough to give the spinners some bowling practice on the Day 3 pitch. The Indian bowlers were not able to find their groove in the first innings of the match, and ended up leaking a lot of runs against the hosts. Some bowling practice will be good for the Indian team, who have arrived to the Islands with a side in transition. Aug 9, 2026 09:40 ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka warm-up match liveThe real heroics, however, came late in the final over of the day. Batting against left-arm off-spinner Dilum Sudeera, Gurnoor smashed 4 sixes in the final over of the day, which had coach Gautam Gambhir and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja dancing on their feet. Aug 9, 2026 09:38 ISTIndia vs Sri Lanka warm-up LiveIndia finished Day 2 of this warm-up game on a really strong note. Devdutt Padikkal, who had retired hurt after hitting his century, returned back in the 73rd over and continued in sublime touch. Padikkal was the standout batter of the day for India and remained not out at 142 off 164 balls. Padikkal's innings helped India reach 357/6 in 90 overs, 6 runs short of Sri Lanka's first innings score of 363/8d. Aug 9, 2026 09:35 ISTIND vs SL Live: Good morningHello and welcome to India Today's live coverage of India vs Sri Lanka's warm-up match from Colombo. This is the third and the final day of the warm-up game, and India will look to finish on a strong note on Sunday, before going into recovery ahead of their opening game of the 2-match series. I am Kingshuk Kusari, and I will take you through the Day 3 action of the India vs Sri Lanka warm-up match.