The ball is not turning much due to lack of grass (here).Karunaratne also scored a century against Pakistan before coming here. Thats the most difficult part for a batsman and I felt they bowled in really good areas.India have left-armer Ravindra Jadeja and chinaman Kuldeep Yadav in their ranks and Karunaratne felt it might be a ploy to rob them of any rehearsal ahead of the first rubber. I will stick to that plan. Thats a key for me. But the leg-spinner and off-spinner bowled really well, the right-handed Karunaratne told reporters at the end of the first days play at the Jadavpur University campus ground here.Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne, who scored a half century against Board Presidents XI in a warm-up game here on Saturday, rued the fact that they were not given left-arm spinners to practice against ahead of the first cricket Test against India from Thursday.At stumps, Sri Lanka declared on 411/6 with Karunaratne making a 50 off 62 deliveries.Due to Ranji Trophy commitments, the BCCI sent their third-string team to play against the Lankans with captain Sanju Samson the only promising name. I know what they will do with me so I prepared before coming here. Otherwise, Jadeja and Ashwin are both hungry for wickets every time. So when they bowl good line and lengths, I stick to the basics. I try to bat for longer periods and that is my gameplan. This was a batting-friendly wicket so we got runs, the 29-year-old southpaw said. Only Angelo (Mathews) and Rangana (Herath) played here and none of us played in India before. Its all about runs

　　Sri Lanka are scheduled to play three Test matches, three ODIs and three T20 Internationals over the next one-and-a-half-months in India.Coming to the Board Presidents XI, promising wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson slated to lead the side in the absence of injured Naman Ojha will look to impress in white flannels after giving a good account of himself in the Indian Premier League (IPL) earlier this year.Squad:BPXI: Sanju Samson (captain), Abhishek Gupta, Akash Bhandari, Avesh Khan, Jalaj Saxena, Jiwanjot Singh, Ravi Kiran, Rohan Prem, B.IANSdm/ssp/sam/vmPost Source: Ians feed.Pradeep is expected to be brought back for the limited overs clashes.

　　Mathews has been sweating it out for long hours at the nets.Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) Faced with the uphill task of scoring over a near-perfect India in their own lair, a young Sri Lanka Rubber Seals Strip Manufacturers side will look to sharpen their skills ahead of the opening Test here by playing a two-day warm-up tie against the Board Presidents XI at the Jadhavpur University 2nd campus ground here from Saturday. Even though the former skipper wont be bowling, his contribution with the bat will be the key for the visitors.From the Pakistan series, the visitors will miss the services of highly-rated top-order batsman Kusal Mendis, pacer Nuwan Pradeep and opener Kaushal Silva.Despite coming on the back of a surprise 2-0 Test series victory over Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Dinesh Chandimal-led side will have to pull off a major heist if they want to get positives from the three-Test engagement on Indian soil. The first rubber starts November 16 at the Eden Gardens