Ind in SL: SLC XI put Indians into bat in warm-up game

Sri Lanka Cricket Board President’s XI skipper Lahiru Thirimanne won the toss and put the Indians, led by Virat Kohil, into bat first in the three-day warm-up game which began at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo a short while ago today (6).   All 15 players in the squad will feature in the game with 11 chosen for batting and 11 for fielding by the respective teams.   The match ends on Saturday (8).   Indians: Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli (Capt), Chateshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddharman Saha (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Varun Aaron.   SLC Board President’s XI: Lahiru Thirimanne (Capt), Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Vishwa Fernando, Kaushal Silva, Upul Tharanga, Milinda Siriwardana, Shehan Jayasuriya, Nisala Tharaka, Kasun Rajitha, Jeffry Vandersay, Lahiru Gamage, Danushka Gunathilaka, Sachith Pathirana, Kusal Perera (wk).