India to Play Warm-Up Match Against Sri Lanka XI Ahead of Test Series

Before the 2-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting on 15 August, the Indian team will play a warm-up match against a Sri Lankan XI. The match will be played from Friday, 7 August to Sunday, 9 August. The 3-day warm-up match will be played at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo. The history of this ground is very old, where it is still very hot. The rules of the warm-up match are a little different, the captain does not need to choose the playing 11. Due to the busy schedule, many teams nowadays play in a straight series without playing a warm-up match, although the Indian players got a lot of rest and for this reason the team decided to play a warm-up match. The warm-up match rules are a little different, although the basic rules are the same as in an official match. In the warm-up match, all the players of the team can come out to bat. Here the captain does not have a fixed playing 11. Here the batsmen can also try to play a big batting effort.