Follow live coverage of Sri Lanka vs Australia from the Australia in Sri Lanka 2025 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner.

Dinesh Chandimal has scored an unbeaten 63 as Sri Lanka struggled to 136-5 at lunch on Day 3 in reply to Australia's imposing first innings of 654 in the first cricket test.

Get the pre-match analysis of the Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd Test, including playing XI, recent form, head-to-head records, strategy, predictions, and pitch conditions.

Australia are not yet a great team but completing a series sweep in Sri Lanka would push them closer, according to spin bowler Nathan Lyon. Australia won the first test by an innings and 242 runs in Galle and will look to wrap up the series 2-0 with another win at the same venue when the second test starts on Thursday.

The Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd Test match will start at 10:00am IST on Thursday with the toss taking place at 9:30am IST. The 2nd Test match will be telecast on the Sony Sports Network in India and streamed on the SonyLIV app (paid subscription).

You can watch all the action from the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia on the Bet365 live streaming cricket platform. Day one starts at 4.30am GMT on Thursday, February 4, and each day of the five-day match will occur at the same time.

Former Sri Lanka test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne will retire from the format after his 100th match, the final test of Sri Lanka's two-test series against Australia in Galle on Thursday. Karunaratne made his Test debut at the Galle international Stadium in 2012 against New Zealand.