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Earlier, newly appointed Test captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka Shreyas Iyer and Hanuma Vihari replaced Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in the Test set-up as Shubman Gill failed to find a place. In the bowling department, India decided to play three spinners – Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Jayant Yadav as Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah will take charge as the pacer.
Both the neighboring teams will lock horns against each other after a thrilling T20I series where India completely beat Sri Lanka in all three matches to complete a white-wash. While the Test format is a different ball game altogether and India would like to continue their dominance over Lanka under the new captain Rohit Sharma. This is the first captaincy assignment for Rohit since Virat Kohli stepped down from the captaincy earlier this year after the South Africa series. Meanwhile, Kohli will also play his 100th Test, which is Sri Lanka’s 300th Test of the longest format.
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Silence fell on the stands at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali till earlier this week for the first Test between India and Sri Lanka starting on Friday. But now with 50% of the crowd allowed into the stadium, there will be cheers and clapping from fans as Virat Kohli takes the field for his 100th Test, becoming the 12th Indian and 71st cricketer to play the game.
Friday’s Test against Sri Lanka also features in the Test for the first time since Kohli stepped down as captain after India’s 2-1 loss to South Africa in January. Although his return with the bat (no century since November 2019) has invited concern and criticism alike, there is no doubt that Kohli has been the backbone of India’s batting for a very long time.
Although Kohli made a low-key Test debut in June 2011 against the backdrop of his scintillating white-ball game against the West Indies, his desire to succeed and work hard to excel in the longest format of the game resulted in his 7962 runs. Make it At an average of 50.39 in 99 matches, including seven double centuries. In his historic Test, Kohli will enter a new phase of his career: as the senior-most batsman in the team, there is no demand for captaincy and a fresh mindset with a chance to scale greater peaks.
Kohli’s historic 100th Test also marks the beginning of Rohit Sharma’s tenure as India’s Test captain. The hosts have not been in the losing side in home Tests since their 2-1 loss to England in 2012 and will be hoping to increase their momentum against the visiting Sri Lankan side. Apart from carrying on the winning juggernaut against Sri Lanka, India will be eyeing some crucial World Test Championship (WTC) points as they race to the final. India is at the fifth position while Sri Lanka are at the opening top of the table.
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Shubman Gill, Umesh Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav , Priyank Panchal, Shrikar Bharat, Saurabh Kumar
Sri Lanka Team: Dimuth Karunaratne (Captain), Lahiru Thirimanne, Pathum Nisanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Aslanka, Niroshan Dickwella (W), Lahiru Kumara, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dinesh Chandimal, Vishwa Jarnath Chamira,
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