India vs Sri Lanka test: Virat Kohli will play his 100th test match today

Mar 4, 2022

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

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After an outstanding win in the T20I series, which ended on February 27, against Sri Lanka,...

... India is all set to lock its horns again with Lanka for an upcoming test series starting from today, March 4.

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The first test will be played at Mohali, while the second test will be played in Bengaluru.

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Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian squad, while Dimuth Karunaratne will be the skipper of the Sri Lanka squad.

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Both the teams have clashed 44 times in the test format,...

...where India dominates with 20 wins, while Sri Lanka managed to win 7 matches and the rest resulted in a draw.

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ICC Test Rankings

India is currently ranked at the third place, while Sri Lanka is on the seventh position in the list.

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Special match for Kohli fans

Virat Kohli will be seen playing his 100th test match today for the Indian squad, but this time he won’t be leading the pack.

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Players to watch out from both the teams —

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Shreyas Iyer

Top order batsman of India, Iyer was declared as the ‘Player of the Series’ in the last T20I match against Sri Lanka. He has so far played only 2 test matches and has scored 202 runs with a strike rate of 58.5.

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Ravindra Jadeja

All-rounder of India, Jadeja has a career tally of 2,195 runs and 232 wickets in 57 test matches.

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Lahiru Kumara

Right-arm fast bowler of Sri Lanka, Kumara has a tally of 69 wickets in 23 matches with an average of 38.28.

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Dasun Shanaka

A hard-hitting all-rounder from Sri Lanka, Shanaka has so far played only six test matches in which he took 13 wickets and scored 140 runs.

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