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IND Vs SL: Big excitement in Indian team? 'This' player will not be there in the second Test against Sri Lanka? Read more…
Samira Vishwas | August 22, 2026 3:24 AM CST

India-Sri Lanka Test starts from 23rd August
Kuldeep Yadav's game is a question mark
India lead 1-0 in Test series

India Vs Sri Lanka Tets Match Updates: The second Test match between India and Sri Lanka will start from August 23. The Indian team has arrived in Colombo to play the second match. India has taken a 1-0 lead in this Test series. Meanwhile in the playing 11 in the 23rd match Kuldeep YadavIt remains to be seen if he will get a chance. Kuldeep Yadav's play has been questioned.

After arriving in Colombo, the Indian team had a vigorous practice session on August 21. There was a discussion about Kuldeep Yadav's place in the playing-11, who could not perform as expected in the first match. On this, India's spin bowling coach Sairaj Bhathule cleared all the doubts by giving an explanation in a press conference.

In the first match against Sri Lanka, spinner Kuldeep Yadav bowled 25 overs. He took just 1 wicket for 103 runs in 25 overs. On the other hand, Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja took 10 and 4 wickets each. Therefore, everyone's attention was focused on whether Kuldeep Yadav will play in the next match or not.

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“The quality of a player cannot be measured by his performance from one match. In the Test in Gaul, he made a very sincere effort to make India play for hours', said the spin coach Sairaj Bhathule. The Indian team has won the first match of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka by 165 runs to take a 1-0 lead. Now the second and deciding match of the series will be played from August 23 at the historic Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo.

Sri Lanka Cricket Team: Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Pasindu Suryabandara, Kamindu Mendis (Vice-Captain), Dhananjaya De Silva (Captain), Sahan Arachige, Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella, Keshara Nuvantha, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Milan Ratnayake, Lahiru Kumara, Asita Fernando, Vishwa Fernando.

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India squad for Test against Sri Lanka: Shubman Gill (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Mohammad Siraj, Famous Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Samarshan Jain, Aqib Nabi.


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