India vs Sri Lanka Test Series: Venues, Schedule, Live Streaming, H2H; Here's All You Need To Know

India's World Test Championship fate will depend a lot on how they perform against Sri Lanka in the upcoming two-match Test series. Home series defeats against New Zealand and South Africa piled more pressure on Shubman Gill and Co. nd they will have a tough task to cut out against a competitive Sri Lankan side.

Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out for the test series and Auqib Nabi joined the Indian team as his replacement. The visitors are most likely to field three spinners with Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Manav Suthar in Galle in the first Tst match, which is scheduled to start on August 15.

India Tour Of Sri Lanke Schedule

1st Test: 15 August – 19 August 2026, Galle International Cricket Stadium.

2nd Test: 23 August – 27 August 2026, Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), Colombo.

Both matches will start at 10 AM IST.

India Squad For Sri Lanka Test

Shubman Gill (c), KL Rahul (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Auqib Nabi, Sarfaraz Khan.

Sri Lanka Squad

Dhananjaya De Silva (captain), Lahiru Udara, Nishan Madushka, Kamindu Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Keshara Nuwantha, Milan Rathnayake, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka.

How to watch IND vs SL Test series in India?
The two match test series between India and Sri Lanka will have a live telecast on Sony Sports Network, while the live streaming will be available on the Sony LIV app and website.

India vs Sri Lanka Head To Head

Matches: 46

India: 22

Sri Lanka: 07

Draws: 17

Predicted XIs

India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka: Lahiru Udara, Nishan Madushka, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Sonal Dinusha, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando.

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