Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat first in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Saturday (Aug 15). For the visitors, Devdutt Padikkal is back in the playing XI, sealing the number three spot, and Manav Suthar retains his place.
Sarfaraz Khan misses out, as Dhruv Jurel is picked to bat at number seven. The hosts, however, have handed a Test cap to off-spinner Keshara Nuwantha as keeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella also returned to the Test side for the first time in over three years.
Check out the playing XIs -
India - Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Sri Lanka - Lahiru Udara, Nishan Madushka, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando
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