Pant, Jurel guide India to 419-6 at lunch on Day 2 of the 2nd cricket test against Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Rishabh Pant and Druv Jurel scored half-centuries and shared an unbeaten 112-run partnership for the seventh wicket as India reached 419 for six at lunch on Day 2 of the second cricket test against Sri Lanka.

India resumed Monday at 300-5 and lost their sixth wicket with just seven runs added to the overnight total. Saransh Jain, who played his maiden test innings, was out for six caught by Kamil Mishara as he tried to fend off a bouncer from fast bowler Asitha Fernando.

Pant, who had returned to bat late Sunday after being hit by a Lahiru Kumara delivery, remained not out on 63 at the interval and Jurel was unbeaten on 59.

Pant faced 88 deliveries and hit two sixes and six boundaries for his 21 test fifty, while Jurel scored his third facing 107 deliveries and including five boundaries.

Fernando had the best bowling figures for Sri Lanka with 4-46 as Kumara and spinner Keshara Nuwantha picked up a wicket each.

On Day 1, Devdutt Padikkal scored his second test century and shared two crucial partnerships to help India lay a strong platform.

Continuing his top form from the first match, when he scored 167 runs in the first innings to set up a big win, Padikkal made 117 off 193 deliveries. He spent nearly five hours at the crease and hit 12 boundaries.

India leads the two-match series after defeating Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first test at Galle.

See AP’s full cricket coverage here

India's Rishabh Pant is hit by a ball delivered by Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando during day two of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

India's Rishabh Pant plays a shot as Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella watches during day two of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

India's Rishabh Pant India's Dhruv Jurel run between the wickets during day two of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

India's Rishabh Pant plays a shot as Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella watches during day two of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

India's Rishabh Pant celebrates his fifty runs during day two of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Kyiv on Monday, where he is expected to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and co-chair a meeting with the so-called coalition of the willing alongside other international leaders.

The visit coincides with Ukraine's Independence Day, and is Burnham's first overseas trip since taking office. Other European leaders also arrived in the capital, including European Council President Antonio Costa, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Estonian President Alar Karis.

Burnham is expected to announce that the U.K. Government has agreed to allow defense company MBDA to release classified information relating to British components used in the SCALP long-range missile, according to his office. This would pave the way for France and Ukraine to advance plans for local production of the weapon in Ukraine.

SCALP is the French version of the UK’s Storm Shadow missile, with both systems incorporating shared French and British technology.

Burnham is also expected to take part in Independence Day commemorations and discuss continued international support for Ukraine during the coalition of the willing meeting. Ukraine marks 35 years of independence on Monday following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham, left, talks with President of the European Council Antonio Costa aboard a train headed to Kyiv, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, late Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP) CORRECTION: Corrects date from Aug. 24, 2026 to Aug. 23, 2026.

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham, left, talks with President of the European Council Antonio Costa aboard a train headed to Kyiv, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha, left, greets Britain's prime minister Andy Burnham upon his arrival by train, in Kyiv, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham, centre, walks out of a train upon his arrival , in Kyiv, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain's prime minister Andy Burnham, centre, smiles upon his arrival by train, in Kyiv, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)