Thereupon a clinical performance and thrashing Sri Lanka in the T20I series. Hosts will be looking to bolster its preeminence in the two-match Test series against the visitors Sri Lanka. Both the squads will confront in the first match of the two-Test series to be played at the PCA Cricket Stadium in Mohali from Friday.
In this game, all sights will be on Virat Kohli who is playing his 100th Test. Kohli will be frantic to score runs on this unique affair.
The stylish batter has accumulated 7,962 runs in 99 Tests at an average of 50.39 with 27 centuries to his inscription. Yet, the batsman has not been able to enlist a century worldwide. Since 2019 the entire nation is predicting its 71st century.
Rohit Sharma will also share some limelight with Kohli as the conflict in Mohali will be his first game as an Indian Test skipper. India will be keen to backfire after their series failure of 2-1 against South Africa away before this year.
While, in Sri Lanka’s last Test series, they beat West Indies, taking the series 2-0. The series is the basis of the ICC World Test Championship where Sri Lanka is seated first while India is placed at fifth in prestige. Currently Virat Kohli is at crease along with Vihari while scoreboard is 90 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.
