"Really excited to be back in red-ball format and all eyes are on the Galle Test as we are prepared and ready for the challenge," the Pakistan skipper said ahead of the series as quoted by ICC.
The 24-year-old leaves the club after making 245 senior appearances, the last of which saw him lift the UEFA Europa Conference League and ending club's 43-year wait for a big title.
Following his side's thumping win over West Indies in the first Test, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made a memorable debut with a match-winning century, said he enjoyed batting with senior teammates like skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
India's skipper Rohit Sharma didn't hold back while praising the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja after they outclassed West Indies on their home soil to go one-up in the two-match Test series on Friday at Windsor Park.
India's 229-run opening stand between skipper Rohit Sharma and Jaiswal on Thursday marked the first time in Test history that India took the lead in the first innings without losing a wicket. West Indies managed to score 150 in their first innings.
After missing the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 final against Australia earlier in June, Ashwin made an impactful return in India's first match of the new 2023-25 WTC cycle. He took 5/60 in 24.3 overs at an economy rate of 2.44. He dismissed skipper Kraigg Braithwaite, Tagenarine Chand
England skipper Heather Knight was full of joy and ecstasy after she guided her side to a two-wicket victory but she admitted that they made the job tough for themselves.
England skipper Heather Knight guided her team to an emphatic victory at County Ground on Wednesday to level the Ashes 2023 series to level the series on 6-6.