India have a new opening pair -- their third in three matches. K L Rahul, who scored a century in the previous match walks out to the middle with Cheteshwar Pujara, who is making a come back to the Test team since December last year.

The pitch is expected to help the pace bowlers and India would need to be wary of the Sri Lankan fast bowlers, especially Dhammika Prasad, who has the tendency to claim early wickets.