Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the 1st Test match in Galle. Injured Murali Vijay is not playing in this match. Lokesh Rahul will open the innings with Shikhar Dhawan. India is playing three spinners – Ashwin, Harbhajan and Amit Mishra in this Test. It will be an acid test for Virat Kohli to win a Test series for India on the Sri Lankan soil after 22 years.
Teams:
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews (C), Dinesh Chandimal (WK), Jehan Mubarak, Rangana Herath, Dhammika Prasad, Nuwan Pradeep, T Kaushal.
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Sah(WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma.