6, 6, 6, 6: Gurnoor Brar makes a T20-like splash in Tests, Gautam Gambhir's reaction goes viral

Gurnoor Brar Batting Highlights: In the warm-up match between India and Sri Lanka XI being played in Colombo, the Indian batsmen have done wonders. At the end of the second day's play, on the one hand, Devdutt Padikkal won everyone's hearts by scoring a superb unbeaten century of 142 runs, while on the other hand, Gurnoor Brar created a thrilling atmosphere like T20 in the field by batting tumultuously in the last over. Gurnoor scored 36 off just 18 balls. Seeing his explosive innings and rain of fours and sixes, the new head coach of the Indian team, Gautam Gambhir, could not stop his happiness and his reaction has now gone viral on social media

That amazing thrill of the last over

The second day of this warm-up match being played at the SLC ground in Sri Lanka may have been in the name of Devdutt Padikkal, but the last over of the day saw real action. The over was bowled by Dilam Sudira Tillakaratne and it was Gurnoor Brar on strike. Gurnoor smashes a superb six over deep mid-wicket off Tillakaratne's second ball. Soon after, he stepped out of the crease on the next ball and hit a six straight over the bowler, which landed on the side screen. The fourth ball of the over may have gone empty (dot), but Gurnoor smashed two more aerial sixes in the last two balls to blow the bowler's senses

Gambhir and Jadeja clapped

over, when the bowler bowled on the middle stump, Brar took out the front foot and used all his might to hit a 90-metre-long six towards deep mid-wicket. Seeing this, the bowler panicked and tried to throw the last ball away from the hitting arc, but Gurnoor, who was in form, stepped forward and hit such a hard shot at extra cover that the ball went straight to the dressing room. Seeing this long six, a big smile came on the face of head coach Gautam Gambhir, who was sitting in the dressing room. Ravindra Jadeja was standing next to him and both of them clapped together and enjoyed this superb shot

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How did the Indian innings start?

Earlier, talking about the match, Sri Lanka XI declared their first innings at 363/8. In reply, the Indian team had no special start. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for 0 off his second ball. KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal then shared a strong 95-run partnership. KL Rahul returned to the pavilion after scoring 40 runs. Ravindra Jadeja scored a brilliant 63 but he retired hurt and went out of the field. Among the other batsmen, Rishabh Pant was dismissed cheaply for just 2 runs and Dhruv Jurel for 1 run, while Manav Carpenter made a useful contribution of 41 runs

GURNOOR BRAR SMASHED 6,6,0,6,6 IN THE FINAL OVER...!!!!

- Gambhir & Jadeja enjoying the batting of Gurnoor ❤️😂 pic.twitter.com/eLTX2jaWYv

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 8, 2026

Padikkal's brilliant century

However, Devdutt Padikkal, who was at one end, continued to bat brilliantly and remained unbeaten till the end of the second day, scoring 142 runs. He hit 18 fours in his brilliant innings. Gurnoor Brar, on the other hand, remained unbeaten on 36 off just 18 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours

Sunday will be the third and final day of this warm-up match. After this practice match, the first Test of the two-Test series between India and Sri Lanka under the World Test Championship will be played at the Galle Stadium from August 15