India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal appeared to win the battle of mind games against Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella on Day 5 of the first Test in Galle.

India predicted XI vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill have a number of dilemmas to resolve when the pick the playing XI for the first Test in Galle.

While Auqib Nabi is not even in contention, the choice is between the 6-foot-5-inch tall Brar and an inch shorter Prasidh, who has already played seven Tests and taken 25 wickets.

Ravichandran Ashwin pulled off a big surprise as he named his India XI for the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.

Prasidh Krishna registered his maiden ODI five-wicket haul with outstanding figures of 5-23 in nine overs, ripping through Afghanistan's top order and reducing them to 36/4.

It was more by accident than by design that the Indian management got a chance to field a set of fringe bowlers in the ODI series against Afghanistan.

India flayed Afghanistan by nine wickets in the third and final ODI in Chennai on Saturday.

Pacer Prasidh Krishna registered the best figures by an Indian pacer at Chennai's iconic Chepauk Stadium on Saturday, also becoming the first Indian to take a five-wicket haul at the venue.

India pacer Prasidh Krishna took five wickets in the third ODI against Afghanistan, with Rohit Sharma taking the catch for three of the dismissals.

Siraj was named in the squad for the Ireland and England series consisting two and five T20Is respectively but was not picked for the Asian Games in Japan.