[p]The Board of Control for Cricket in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a] said left-handed batter [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sudharsan-sai/UFQrOh93/"]Sudharsan[/a] had made "significant progress" in recovering from a toe problem, but that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/khan-sarfaraz/8hTBwKg6/"]Khan[/a] would replace him.[/p][p]The opening Test will begin on August 15th in Galle. The second Test will be played between August 23rd-27th in Colombo.[/p][embed guid="8c954a9b-e70d-44bf-8b52-7c280de06a18" url="https://x.com/BCCI/status/2086456482321793462" social-type="twitter" /][p]The series will be India's first in the current World Test Championship (WTC) since the 2-0 home defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-africa/tUhlKzIm/"]South Africa[/a] in November.[/p][p]India are fifth in the WTC standings, which are led by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a], with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sri-lanka/zahH5UHg/"]Sri Lanka[/a] sixth.[/p]
India's Sarfaraz Khan to replace injured Sudharsan in Sri Lanka series
India's Sai Sudharsan has been ruled out of the upcoming two-Test series in Sri Lanka, with Sarfaraz Khan named as his replacement, the country's cricket board said on Sunday.
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