Toss India chose to bat vs Sri Lanka

The pitch had an even grass covering and no dry patches. It was expected to seam a bit as the early moisture dried, but then ease out into a batting beauty.

This is the 50th Test in Galle, and India’s 600th outing in Test cricket. Both sides are stranded in the middle of the table, and need a 2-0 clean sweep in the series to give themselves a realistic chance of making the final of the World Test Championship.

Sri Lanka: 1 Lahiru Udara, 2 Nishan Madushka, 3 Dinesh Chandimal, 4 Kamindu Mendis, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), 6 Niroshan Dickwella (wk), 7 Sonal Dinusha, 8 Prabath Jayasuriya, 9 Keshara Nuwantha, 10 Asitha Fernando, 11 Lahiru Kumara

India: 1 KL Rahul, 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Shubman Gill (capt), 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Dhruv Jurel, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Manav Suthar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Prasidh Krishna