IND vs SL 2nd Test: Colombo Rain Threat, Pitch Report And Conditions

I dia
will
look
to
seal
the
Test
se ies
agai st
S i
La ka
whe
the
seco d
match
begi s
at
the
Si halese
Spo ts
Club
i
Colombo
o
August
23.
Howeve ,
ai
a d
thu de sto ms
could
o ce
agai
i te upt
the
co test,
with
weathe
pote tially
playi g
a
sig ifica t
ole
ac oss
the
five
days.

I dia
lead
the
two-match
se ies
1-0
afte
a
165- u
victo y
i
Galle.
With
the
visito s
i
a
st o g
positio ,
S i
La ka
eed
a
majo
espo se
i
Colombo
to
p eve t
I dia
f om
completi g
a
se ies
sweep.

IND
vs
SL
2 d
Test
Weathe :
Rai
Could
Play
Spoilspo t

Colombo
is
expected
to
emai
wa m
a d
humid
th oughout
the
Test,
with
tempe atu es
a ou d
29°C
du i g
the
day.

Mostly
cloudy
co ditio s
a e
fo ecast,
while
the
possibility
of
afte oo
a d
eve i g
thu de sto ms
could
th eate
playi g
time.
Rai
was
also
a
majo
facto
i
Galle,
whe e
the
teams
lost
sig ifica t
time
du i g
the
ope i g
Test.

The
co ditio s
i
Colombo
a e
expected
to
be
somewhat
bette
tha
i
Galle,
but
the
th eat
of
i te uptio s
emai s.

A y
loss
of
ove s
could
become
pa ticula ly
impo ta t
if
the
match
eaches
its
late
stages,
especially
with
both
teams
eedi g
to
ma age
thei
ove – ates
ca efully.

IND
vs
SL
Pitch
Repo t:
Spi e s
Could
Come
I to
Play

The
Si halese
Spo ts
Club
pitch
is
expected
to
offe
a
elatively
bala ced
co test
betwee
bat
a d
ball
at
the
sta t
of
the
Test.

Batte s
should
fi d
easo able
pace
a d
bou ce
du i g
the
ope i g
two
days,
while
fast
bowle s
could
get
some
moveme t
with
the
ew
ball.

As
the
su face
wea s,
howeve ,
the
spi e s
a e
expected
to
become
i c easi gly
impo ta t.
Footma ks
a d
dete io atio
could
p ovide
mo e
assista ce
f om
the
thi d
day
o wa ds.

The
fou th
i i gs
could
p ove
pa ticula ly
difficult
fo
batti g,
maki g
the
toss
a
impo ta t
facto .
The
captai
wi i g
the
toss
could
be
tempted
to
bat
fi st
a d
put
a
substa tial
total
o
the
boa d.

SSC
Test
Reco ds
Show
Impo ta ce
Of
Batti g
Fi st

The
Si halese
Spo ts
Club
has
hosted
46
Tests.
Teams
batti g
fi st
have
wo
16
matches,
while
teams
bowli g
fi st
have
also
wo
16.

The
ave age
fi st-i i gs
sco e
at
the
ve ue
is
323,
while
the
ave age
fou th-i i gs
sco e
d ops
sig ifica tly
to
182.

S i
La ka’s
highest
total
at
the
g ou d
is
756/5
decla ed
agai st
South
Af ica,
while
the
lowest
team
sco e
is
81
agai st
E gla d.

The
highest
successful
chase
at
the
ve ue
is
326/5,
achieved
by
S i
La ka
agai st
Zimbabwe.
The
lowest
total
successfully
defe ded
is
164,
eco ded
by
Aust alia
agai st
S i
La ka.

Mahela
Jayawa de e
holds
the
eco d
fo
the
highest
i dividual
sco e
at
the
g ou d,
with
his
374
agai st
South
Af ica
i
2006.
Ra ga a
He ath’s
9/127
agai st
Pakista
i
2014
emai s
the
best
bowli g
figu es
i
a
i i gs
at
the
SSC.

S i
La ka’s
Spi
Woes
Could
Be
C ucial

S i
La ka’s
biggest
challe ge
could
o ce
agai
be
thei
spi
attack.

The
hosts
st uggled
to
match
I dia’s
spi e s
i
Galle,
whe e
Ma av
Sutha ,
Ravi d a
Jadeja
a d

Kuldeep
Yadav
collectively
made
a
sig ifica t
impact.

P abath
Jayasu iya
a d
debuta t
Kesha a
Nuwa tha
could
ot
exe t
the
same
i flue ce,
leavi g
S i
La ka
eedi g
a
much-imp oved
pe fo ma ce
f om
thei
spi
depa tme t
i
Colombo.

The
abse ce
of
a
domi a t
spi e
has
bee
a
co ce
fo
S i
La ka
si ce
the
eti eme t
of
Ra ga a
He ath.
The
hosts
have
st uggled
to
co siste tly
p oduce
a
pai
of
spi e s
capable
of
outpe fo mi g
oppositio
attacks
o
home
su faces.

The
cha ges
to
S i
La ka’s
squad
fo
the
Colombo
Test
have
p ima ily
focused
o
the
batti g
depa tme t,
suggesti g
that
the
same
spi
optio s
a e
likely
to
shoulde
the
bowli g
espo sibility
agai .

IND
vs
SL
2 d
Test:
Toss
Could
Become
Decisive

The
weathe
could
make
the
toss
eve
mo e
impo ta t.

Galle
showed
how
d amatically
co ditio s
ca
cha ge
f om
o e
day
to
a othe ,
with
ai
i te uptio s
fo ci g
I dia
to
adopt
a
mo e
agg essive
app oach
at
diffe e t
stages
of
the
match.

If
Colombo
p ovides
a
elatively
d y
su face
a d
the
weathe
allows
u i te upted
play,
batti g
fi st
could
offe
a
sig ifica t
adva tage.

Fo
S i
La ka,
avoidi g
a othe
slow
sta t
will
be
c ucial.
I dia,
mea while,
will
be
looki g
to
use
thei
st o ge
spi
attack
a d
batti g
depth
to
fi ish
the
se ies
with
a othe
wi .

With
ai
pote tially
educi g
playi g
time
a d
the
pitch
expected
to
become
mo e
spi -f ie dly
as
the
match
p og esses,
both
weathe
a d
co ditio s
could
play
a
decisive
ole
i
the
IND
vs
SL
2 d
Test.

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