India won the toss and will bat first against Sri Lanka in the second Test which began a short while ago at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo today (20). India made three changes by bringing in Murali Vijay, Stuart Binny and Umesh Yadav as replacements for Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh and Varun Aaron. Sri Lanka has replaced injured fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep with Dushmantha Chameera. Sri Lanka are one up in the three-match Test series after winning the first game at Galle by 63 runs. India: Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Stuart Binny, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav. Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews (Capt), Jehan Mubarak, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal, Dushmantha Chameera.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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