Welcome to the coverage of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on Thursday.

India captain Virat Kohli has confirmed that fit-again opening batsman KL Rahul will return to the side for the second Test against Sri Lanka, with Abhinav Mukund likely to lose his spot.

Rahul was ruled out of the first Test in Galle, where India won by 304 runs, with a viral fever but the 25-year-old has recovered sufficiently and has been batting in the nets.

India were without both their first choice openers in Galle, with Murali Vijay also unavailable due to injury.

Shikhar Dhawan, who was named in the squad as a replacement for Vijay, and Mukund opened for the tourists, who eased to a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.

While Dhawan put India in the driver's seat on the opening day with a sparkling 190 off just 168 deliveries, it was Mukund's turn to shine in the second innings with an 81.