COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India reached 88-2 at lunch on the opening day of the second cricket test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club on Sunday.

Opening batters Yashaswi Jaiswal and KL Rahul added 37 runs after captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat first.

Rahul (18) slashed at a wider delivery from fast bowler Lahiru Kumara for a catch to wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella. Top scorer Jaishwal (45) was bowled by a sharp inswinger by Asitha Fernando, leaving India at 66-2.

Devdullt Padikkal (13) and Gill (11) remained not out to see their team through until the break without further loss.

Kumara had 1-19 while Fernando had 1-25.

India leads the two-match series having defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first match in Galle.

Sri Lanka recalled Pasindi Sooriyabandara for his first full test after he replaced the injured Dinesh Chandimal as a concussion substitute in the series opener.

With Chandimal still unavailable, Sooriyabandara retains his place for the second test, which Sri Lanka must win to level the series.

Opener Nishan Madushka has also been replaced by Kamil Mishara who makes his test debut.

India have left out left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav for spin-bowling allrounder Saransh Jain, who is also playing in his first test.

He has scored 2,223 runs and 188 wickets in first-class matches.

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