• Team India is ready for the first Test


• India-Sri Lanka 1st Test match


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The Indian team is all set for the Test series against Sri Lanka. The Indian team under the leadership of Shubman Gill has already reached Colombo. where the team played a three-day practice match. In this match, Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. Now is the time for the real test. The first match between India and Sri Lanka will be played on August 15. For this, the team has entered Gaul. The Indian players were given a grand welcome by garlanding them. BCCI itself has shared a video of this on social media. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has also announced its team.

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India-Sri Lanka 1st Test match

The first match of the two-Test series between India and Sri Lanka will be played on August 15. The Indian team has arrived in Gaul and has started its preparations. The team reached there on the evening of August 12 and soon after that some players started preparations. Meanwhile, all eyes are on the pitch here. Sri Lankan pitches are known to be spinner friendly. If the situation continues this time too, the team will try to keep their spinners ready.

Indian team struggles in Test cricket

The Indian team has been struggling for quite some time under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. So this series is very important for India. This time the Sri Lankan team has bowlers like Prabhat Jayasuriya, who can definitely create problems for the Indian team. But with two days left for the match, this will be an opportunity for India to improve their preparations by observing the pitch.

These matches under the WTC

The series will be played as part of the World Test Championship. The Indian team is currently ranked fifth in the WTC points table. However, if they win this series, they have a chance to advance to the next round. So the competition is expected to be very tough. It will be important to see which team will win this series.

Sri Lankan Team: Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Lahiru Udara, Nishan Madushka, Kamindu Mendis (vice-captain), Dinesh Chandimal, Pasindu Suriyabandara, Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper), Ramesh Mendis, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Keshar Nuwantha, Milan Rathnayake, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Dilshan Madushka

Team India : Shubman Gill (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Mohammad Siraj, Famous Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Samantha Jain, Aqib Nabi, Sarfaraz Khan

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