calcutta sri lanka bowling coach rumesh ratnayake sunday revealed team prepared detailed strategies approaching series india said would executing plans field done could counter attack whatever would expect test series leslie townes hope strategies work ratnayake told reporters sri lanka drew tour game board president xi plan capital punishment airfield huge challenge skipper virat kohli come specific project indian role player always go plans execute plans stage point hopefully solve benefit lanka suffered humiliation home across three formats earlier islanders play first test india since take battleground november eden gardens lopsided record country yet win visual aspect lost puff six enter spanning even though immediate past good looking new leaf start ratnayake friendly rivalry india early pacer said unfortunate exam still healthy rivalry gained lot india thankful would interesting win test use up challenge said showery condition sri lanka hampered preparation privilege match like new players circuit india new touring test series viii years sri lanka reply india chinaman bowler kuldeep yadav lakshan sandakan tutor said quite exchangeable memorise brad hogg would still say similarly different also sandakan needs work control needs improve little bit confidence thing gets confidence fine ratnayake however unsure whether lankans would pick sandakan first mental testing depends whether play adjudicate spare spinner clarence day match eden good track way past seamed past ascertain tomorrow hope have it away whirl mathews back action recovering calf injury forced pakistan tour last month ratnayake said would used batsman angelo comes batsman dasun shanaka dhananjaya de silva roshan silva fill allrounder role bowled screen think bowl take white ball bowler looking bowl odis ratnayake said bowlers worked reverse golf stroke seaborgium ball black eye swing one things worked got feel duke ball different getting used stating looking frontward speak india boss coach ravi shastri bowling consultant bharat arun ratnayake said played know age certainly meet matches