August 3 (CRICKETNMORE) - Indian Captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second test at Colombo on Thursday. For India, KL Rahul replaced Abhinav Mukund in Playing XI while for Sri Lanka, Dinesh Chandimal, debutant Malinda Pushpakumara and Dhananjaya de Silva joins the team.

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Playing XI

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India - Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav

Sri Lanka - Dimuth Karunaratne, Upul Tharanga, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera, Malinda Pushpakumara, Nuwan Pradeep

Kohli eyeing another record as a Captain

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