Nissanka ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for first Test against India; Find out who became the captain

Sri Lanka vs India Test 2026: Big news for cricket fans! The Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) has announced its squad for the upcoming Test series between India and Sri Lanka starting August 15. Both teams are gearing up for the first Test match to be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. The Indian team has already reached Galle on Tuesday, while now hosts Sri Lanka have also announced the names of their 16 warriors><

Dhananjaya de Silva bows, Nissanka gets injured

Sri Lanka team. However, the bad news for the team and its fans is that their star batsman Pathum Nissanka has been ruled out of this first Test due to injury

Dickwella's return and a chance for a new spinner

team has seen a big change. Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella has once again returned to the Sri Lankan team. The 33-year-old Dickwella's experience could be of great use to the team. He has played 96 innings of 54 Test matches so far, scoring 22 half-centuries and scoring a total of 2757 runs. Apart from this, a new face has also been added to the team - uncapped off-spinner Kesara Nuwanta. While Galle's pitch always helps the spinners, this new player could prove to be an important challenge for the Indian batsmen.

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Sri Lanka's full squad for the first Test:

Dhananjaya de Silva (capt)

Kamindu Mendis (vice-captain)

Lahiru Udara

Nishan Madushka

Dinesh Chandimal

Pasindu Suryabandara

Sonal Dinusha

Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper)

Ramesh Mendis

Prabhat Jayasuriya

Kesara Nuvantha

Milan Rathnayake

Asita Fernando

Lahiru Kumar

Vishwa Fernando

Dilshan Madushanka

India-Sri Lanka history at the Galle ground

If we look at the record of the Galle International Cricket Stadium, a total of 5 Test matches have been played here so far. Hosts Sri Lanka have the upper hand; They have won 3 matches while India have won 2 matches. However, the interesting thing is that the last time the two teams clashed here was in 2017, in which Team India defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 304 runs to register a spectacular victory

A special thing is that most of the players in India's current team will be playing a Test match on Sri Lankan soil for the first time. Only Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav are the only players who have had the experience of playing Tests in Sri Lanka before

Indian Test team:

Shubman Gill (capt)

KL Rahul (vice-captain)

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper)

Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper)

Ravindra Jadeja

Kuldeep Yadav

Human Carpenter

Mohammed Siraj

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Gurnoor Brar

Devdutt Padikkal

Saransh Jain

Aqib Nabi

Sarfaraz Khan

When and where to watch the match?

You can watch the live telecast of this thrilling first Test match between India and Sri Lanka on Sony Sports Network channels. If you want to watch the match on mobile or laptop, live streaming will be available on the Sony LIV app and their website. The match will start at 10:00 AM IST