India Vs Sri Lanka, first Test Preview: India Would Be Keen To Keep Purple Streak Alive.Sri Lanka would need

to overlook the destruction endured at home and pursue what has been a doubtful dream of winning a Test

here when the two groups conflict in a three-coordinate arrangement.

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Sri Lanka opt to field

India vs Sri Lanka:

IND 17/3 (11.5 Ovs) CRR: 1.44
Day 1: Stumps

Match Info
Match	Ind vs SL, 1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of India, 2017
Date	Thursday, November 16, 2017 – Monday, November 20, 2017
Time	04:00 AM GMT    09:30 AM LOCAL
Venue	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires	Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong
Third Umpire	Joel Wilson
Match Referee	David Boon

India Squad:

Playing XI:

Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami

Bench:

Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav

Sri Lanka Squad:

Playing XI:

Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dasun Shanaka, Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Gamage

Bench:

Lakshan Sandakan, Vishwa Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Roshen Silva