India win toss, elect to bat first against Sri Lanka in 2nd Test

COLOMBO: India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka here today.

India made three changes to their playing eleven, brining in Murali Vijay, Stuart Binny and Umesh Yadav in place of injured Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh and Varun Aaron.

Sri Lanka made just one change replacing injured Nuwan Pradeep with Dushmantha Chameera.

Teams:

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, Stuart Binny, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (capt), Dimuth Karunaratne, Kauchal Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara, Jehan Mubarak, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal, Dushmantha Chameera.