Dimuth Karunaratne strode to the crease to start his 100th and last test match after Sri Lanka won the toss Thursday and elected to bat against Australia. After an embarrassing defeat by an innings and 242 runs in the first test – Sri Lanka’s worst loss in test cricket – the hosts made three lineup changes in a bid to bounce back in Galle and level the two-match series.

Get the pre-match analysis of the Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd Test, including playing XI, recent form, head-to-head records, strategy, predictions, and pitch conditions.

The surface for the second Test in Galle appears substantially drier than the track used for the first match, which Australia won by a massive margin