Injured Sri Lanka paceman Dhammika Prasad will miss the second Test against India, while MS Dhoni was declared fit after a finger injury forced team management to call up Dinesh Karthik as cover.
Their batting inconsistency and bowling frailties laid bare in the hard-earned draw in Ahmedabad, India will go into the second Test against Sri Lanka hoping not to repeat the follies again.
The tourists missed Strauss's conviction in marshalling the side in the field and his batting is always valuable because he is such a fluid player when he is in form.