IND vs SL: India will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the 2nd Test match of the Sri Lanka tour of India 2022 on Saturday, 12th March at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
India is off to a perfect start in the Test series as they defeated the Lankans in the first Test match by an innings and 222 runs. An electrifying 175-run knock from Ravindra Jadeja, Pant’s 96, and a half-century from Hanuma Viahri had set up a massive total of 574 runs for the Sri Lankans. As the game progressed, the bowlers, especially Jadeja who took a total of 9 wickets eventually dominated over the Lankan batters and aided them to clinch their first win.
On the other side, Sri Lanka will be disappointed by their performance from both the batting as well as bowling departments. The bowlers were smashed left and right while Pathum Nissanka was the key from their batting unit who played a fine knock of 61 runs with Niroshan’s 51, rest were bowled out under 30s. They will now try to regroup and make a notable comeback in this encounter.
Match Details
Match: India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test
Date & Time: 12th March 2022, 2:00 PM IST
Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Pitch Report
The wicket at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium is expected to be batting-friendly. The batsmen can relish batting at this surface while Bowlers will find some movement in the latter half. The average first innings score has been around 350 runs.
Weather Report
The temperature will be around 32 degrees celsius with 17% humidity. The sky will be clear and have no chance of rain showers.
IND vs SL Probable Playing XI
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Jayant Yadav/Mohammad Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk)
Sri Lanka
Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne, Pathum Nissanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Lasith Embuldeniya, Lahiru Kumara, Suranga Lakmal, Chamika Karunaratne/Vishwa Fernando
IND vs SL Dream11 Team
Rishab Pant, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Pathum Nissanka, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Chamika Karunaratne, Suranga Lakmal, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Embuldeniya
Captain: Ravindra Jadeja | Vice-captain: Ravichandran Ashwin
