India are already without the services of ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah for the Sri Lanka tour due to knee injury, while Harshit Rana (hamstring), Nitish Kumar Reddy (quad) and Washington Sundar (hamstring) are also sidelined.
The two-match series carries significant weight in the race to reach the World Test Championship Final at The Oval next year, with India and Sri Lanka currently occupying fifth and sixth place in the standings respectively.
India squad: Shubman Gill (c), KL Rahul (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Sai Sudharsan (fitness pending), Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Saransh Jain, Auqib Nabi
Series schedule:
First Test: August 15-19, Galle
Second Test: August 23-27, Colombo
