Sri Lanka's preparations for the Test series in India were disrupted when rain washed out the opening day of their warm-up game. More bad weather is forecast for the two remaining days of the match against a Board President's XI in Bangalore.
The Test series, Sri Lanka's first in India since 1997, gets under way in Madras (Chennai) next Friday.
And the tourists are in need of match practice after losing a recent one-day series between the teams 6-1.
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