The second Test between India and Sri Lanka is being played at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) Ground in Colombo. Team India captain Shubman Gill has won the toss and decided to bat first. Kuldeep Yadav has been made to sit out. Saransh Jain has got a chance in his place. Saransh is making his test debut. Ravindra Jadeja handed him the debut cap.
Kamil Mishara and Pasindu Suriyabandara are starting their Test career for Sri Lanka. This will be Suriyabandara's full debut. He made his official debut in Gaul as a concussion substitute.
Indian captain Gill said at the toss that the pitch was better for batting than Galle. Gill said, 'This pitch looks harder and better than Galle. This will be a very good wicket to bat on for the first 2-3 days.
Sri Lankan captain Dhananjay de Silva had said after the defeat in Galle that the toss also played an important role. In that match also, the Indian team won the toss and batted first. After losing the toss in SSC, De Silva said that there is no problem in bowling first here.
Team India had registered a big victory by 165 runs in the first test played in Galle. Now his eyes are on winning the second and last Test of the series and securing the fourth position in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan team has come with the intention of drawing the series.
Sri Lanka – Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjay de Silva (captain), Sonal Dinusha, Pasindu Suriyabandara, Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara.
India – KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
