IND vs SL: Possible India Playing 11 for 2nd Test

IND Playing 11: The second and final Test between India and Sri Lanka will be played from March 12 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The hosts registered a huge 222 runs and an innings victory in the opening test and have taken a 1-0 lead. It was a near-perfect game for India as it marked Rohit Sharma’s captaincy journey in the longest format with a victory. The new number 03 batsman Hanuma Vihari and flambouyant wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant scored the fifties while star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was simply outstanding. Premium off-spinner R Ashwin went past Kapil Dev’s 434 wicket tally to become the second most wicket-taker for India in Test and Rohit Sharma & Co will be aiming to continue the momentum and clean sweep the Lankans with a win in Bengaluru.

Team News

Kuldeep Yadav has been released from the squad
Axar Patel has joined the squad after attaining full fitness

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IND Playing 11 (likely)

Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma will again pair up to open the innings
Hanuma Vihari will bat at number 03 followed by Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and Shreyas Iyer
Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin will bat in the lower middle order
Jayant Yadav can make way for Axar Patel
Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah will form the pace attack

Mayank Agarwal
Rohit Sharma
Hanuma Vihari
Virat Kohli
Rishabh Pant
Shreyas Iyer
Ravindra Jadeja
R Ashwin
Jayant Yadav/Axar Patel
M Shami
Jasprit Bumrah

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India Squad

Rohit Sharma (captain), Priyank Panchal, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Shubhman Gill, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), KS Bharat, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, R. Ashwin (subject to fitness clearance), Axar Patel, Saurabh Kumar, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain)

India vs Sri Lanka Dream11 captain, vice-captain picks from IND

Former India skipper Virat Kohli is a must-have pick in your fantasy team. Kohli completed 8000 runs in test cricket in the Mohali Test and has amassed more than 1000 runs against Sri Lanka in the longest format.

Matches	Runs Scored	50/100
100	8007	27/28

Virat Kohli in the last five appearances

94 vs England in The Oval
36 vs New Zealand in Mumbai
53 vs South Africa in Centurion
108 vs South Africa in Cape Town
45 vs Sri Lanka in Mohali

Axar Patel was the player of the match in India’s last day-night Test in Ahmedabad last year. He picked up match figures of 11 for 70 (6/38 in 1^st innings & 5/32 in 2^nd innings) to help India bowl out England in just two days and can be a valuable pick in your fantasy team.