The Indian team management wants tracks that are hard and bouncy without any major grass covering for all three home Tests, something they will be getting in South Africa.
Saha said that these bowlers are more unpredictable than pacers Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
At the nets, India followed their batting order with Rahul and Dhawan setting the tone, facing alternate spin and pace bowling.
The Lankans always have a surprise package in store for the big times and this time they have conjured up right-arm spinner Kevin Koththgodda from the U-19 squad.
The right-arm medium fast bowler is all set to get hitched this month with his fiance in Meerut on November 23.
Before Mathews, openers Samarawickrama and Dimuth Karunaratne got off to a good start, engineering a 134-run stand for the first wicket.
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