Gill's India begin Sri Lanka tour with Colombo practice match

India and Sri Lanka are two countries that love playing cricket.

India's cricket team has traveled to Sri Lanka to play a practice match.

A practice match is like a practice game before the real games begin.

The real games are called Test matches, and they last for several days.

The team captain is a player named Shubman Gill, and the coach is Gautam Gambhir.

It might rain in Colombo, the city where the practice match is happening, and rain could stop the players from playing.

India's team has some injured players and some players who are not in good form.

The team wants to practice playing against spin bowling, where the bowler makes the ball turn when it bounces.

The first big Test match against Sri Lanka starts on August 15 in a city called Galle.