COLOMBO, Aug 23, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - India captain Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to bat in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday.

India thrashed Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first Test in Galle on Wednesday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Off-spinner Saransh Jain will make his Test debut for India, replacing Kuldeep Yadav.

Opening batter Kamil Mishara will debut for Sri Lanka, in place of Nishan Fernando.

Pasindu Sooriyabandara, who stepped in as a concussion substitute for Dinesh Chandimal in the first Test, is also part of the starting eleven for the first time.

India: K.L. Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (capt.), Rishabh Pant (wkt), Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

Sri Lanka: Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (capt.), Sonal Dinusha, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Niroshan Dickwella (wkt), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara.

Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) and Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh)

Third umpire: Rod Tucker (Australia)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)