Bengaluru, March 12 : India won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the pink-ball Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday. After winning the toss, India skipper Rohit Sharma said, “It looks like a very dry pitch and runs on the board is going to be critical. Axar Patel is fit and he is back, he comes in place of Jayant (Yadav). It has a lot to do with the conditions, it is a dry pitch. “We saw what Axar did in the last series he played, so obviously we wanted to get him back. Unfortunate for Jayant to miss out after playing just one Test match but again we want to give guys who have done well a slightly longer rope and give them enough opport ties to prove themselves. “When it comes to mindset we want to be ruthless. There is a lot at stake but we want to take one session at a time and not look too far ahead. It is going to be a challenging Test match and we got to be at it and get what we want from this game.” Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne said, “The wicket is pretty dry and in the later part it is going to turn, so we wanted to bat first as well. We spoke about the things we did wrong in the last Test and we just want to make sure it won’t happen again. “Every session we have to compete with them and let’s see how it goes. We have had good pink-ball Test matches in the past and that will help the players. Pathum Nissanka and Lahiru Kumara are not available. Kusal Mendis and Praveen Jayawickrama are playing.” Playing XIs: India- Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma (c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah. Sri Lanka- Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama.