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India vs Sri Lanka, Day/Night Test: Will Jayant get another chance or one among Siraj or Axar will feature in the playing XI?

Rahul Dravid and skipper Rohit Sharma are firm believers in continuity but it will be interesting to see their plans for the playing XI when the team takes on Sri Lanka in the Day/Night game starting Saturday in Bengaluru. The weakest link in the playing XI is Haryana off-spinner Jayant Yadav but it didn't matter much as India won in a canter by an innings and 222 runs. Jayant bowled a total of 17 wicket-less overs across two innings while Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin shared 15 of the 20 wickets among themselves.

Cheteshwar Pujara to play for Sussex during English summer

Pujara will be playing for Sussex in the upcoming English county season replacing Australia international Travis Head, the club announced on Thursday. Pujara, who has been dropped from the Indian Test team after having played 95 games for the country, will compete in both first-class and List A games for Sussex. He has previously played for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire in the English County Championship. "Following a request by Travis to be released from his contract due to increased international commitments along with the news that he and his partner are expecting their first child, the club have agreed to this and replaced him with Cheteshwar Pujara for the majority of the 2022 season," the club released a statement.

Rohit Sharma-Led India Pursue Series Sweep vs Sri Lanka In Pink Ball 2nd Test

India will be strong favourites to stay unbeaten in pink-ball Tests at home as new captain Rohit Sharma eyes a clean sweep of Sri Lanka in the second Test starting Saturday. The hosts thrashed Sri Lanka inside three days in Mohali to lead the two-match series 1-0 and the visitors need to quickly get their act together under the lights in Bangalore. The world's top-ranked all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja hit an unbeaten 175 and took nine wickets to stand out in Rohit's first Test since replacing Virat Kohli as captain in all formats earlier this year. "Rohit, we all know how tactically strong he is and how good he is. But I saw a lot of human elements in the way he led the side," off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said this week.

Surrey Rope In West Indies Spinner Sunil Narine For Vitality Blast Campaign

Surrey County Cricket Club on Wednesday announced the signing of West Indies bowler Sunil Narine for the entirety of the Vitality Blast. Narine will join up with the Club following the completion of his Indian Premier League commitments with Kolkata Knight Riders and is then available for the rest of the competition. The Trinidadian takes up the first of two overseas slots in Surrey's Vitality Blast squad. A white-ball mystery spinner with a series of variations and capable of batting anywhere in the order, Narine has forged a reputation as a highly-skilled performer through an international and franchise career that has spanned more than a decade.

"Very Sweet Of Him": Ravichandran Ashwin On Rohit Sharma's "All-Time Great" Praise

Ravichandran Ashwin was in fantastic form as India cruised to victory in the first Test match vs Sri Lanka, winning by an innings and 222 runs in Mohali. The off-spinner took his 435th Test wicket to go past Kapil Dev's tally of 434 dismissals to become India's second highest wicket-taker of all time in the longest format. The veteran cricketer received plenty of praise after the match, especially from captain Rohit Sharma. Speaking to BCCI, Ashwin revealed that he "didn't know how to react" to Rohit's praise.

2nd Test: India pursue Sri Lanka sweep in pink ball Test

Rohit Sharma eyes a clean sweep of Sri Lanka in the second Test starting Saturday. The hosts thrashed Sri Lanka inside three days in Mohali to lead the two-match series 1-0 and the visitors need to quickly get their act together under the lights in Bengaluru. The world's top-ranked all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja hit an unbeaten 175 and took nine wickets to stand out in Rohit's first Test since replacing Virat Kohli as captain in all formats earlier this year.

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: No dew at Chinnaswamy stadium adds to intrigue

Fans geared up for maiden day-night TestBENGALURU: There is an air of excitement and expectancy at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. The venue is being decked up to host its maiden day-night Test match, starting this weekend. The second Test between India and Sri Lanka will be the third D/N Test in India since Kolkata hosted the maiden contest in November 2019.

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India vs Sri Lanka, Day/Night Test: Will Jayant get another chance or one among Siraj or Axar will feature in the playing XI?

Cheteshwar Pujara to play for Sussex during English summer

Rohit Sharma-Led India Pursue Series Sweep vs Sri Lanka In Pink Ball 2nd Test

Surrey Rope In West Indies Spinner Sunil Narine For Vitality Blast Campaign

"Very Sweet Of Him": Ravichandran Ashwin On Rohit Sharma's "All-Time Great" Praise

2nd Test: India pursue Sri Lanka sweep in pink ball Test

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: No dew at Chinnaswamy stadium adds to intrigue

TOP SPIN ON THE TEST: Bairstow hits highest Test score since 2016