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08/22 23:56 CDT Gill wins toss as India bat first in second Test vs Sri Lanka,
eyeing series win
Gill wins toss as India bat first in second Test vs Sri Lanka, eyeing series win
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) --- India captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected
to bat first in the second cricket test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese
Sports Club on Sunday.
India is leading the two-match series having defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs in
the first match in Galle.
Sri Lanka has recalled Pasindi Sooriyabandara for his first full test after he
replaced the injured Dinesh Chandimal as a concussion substitute in the series
opener.
With Chandimal still unavailable, Sooriyabandara retains his place for the
second test, which Sri Lanka must win to level the series.
Opener Nishan Madushka has also been replaced by Kamil Mishara who makes his
test debut.
India have left out left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav for spin-bowling
allrounder Saransh Jain, who is also playing in his first test.
He has scored 2,223 runs and 188 wickets in first-class matches.
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Lineups:
Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Kamindu
Mendis, Sonal Dinusha, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Niroshan Dickwella, Keshara
Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara.
India: Shubman Gill (captain), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal,
Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain,
Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
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