IND vs SL 2nd Test Playing 11 Prediction Match: The last match of the 2-Test series between India and Sri Lanka is to be played from March 12 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This is a day-night (day/night) match. This means that this ball is to be played with pink ball instead of red ball. Team India led by Rohit Sharma won the first match of the series by an innings and 222 runs.
In such a situation, Team India will be eyeing to clean sweep the series by winning the second Test match. India has played three pink ball Tests before this. Of them, he has won 2, while he has lost one. With this, in the second test match, the Indian team can go with the changed playing XI.
Usually the pitch helps the fast bowlers in the Pink Ball Test. India played the first day-night Test in 2019 against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Indian spinners could not take a single wicket in that match. However, in 2021 in the Pink Ball Test between India and England in Ahmedabad, Axar Patel took 11 wickets. He is available for selection in this match as well.
Rohit Sharma may include Axar Patel in the playing XI in place of Jayant Yadav in the second Test. Axar Patel can also score runs in the lower order along with bowling. Axar Patel has played 5 Test matches so far. In this he took 36 wickets and scored 179 runs. Axar Patel also scored a fifty in his last Test match against New Zealand in Mumbai. Apart from Axar Patel, there is also the option of Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Siraj. In this match both the teams can go with these players.
Bharat: Rohit Sharma (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel/ Jayant Yadav / Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami.
Sri Lanka: Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Aslanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldenia, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama.