Virat Kohli is all praise for Ajinkya Rahane, Harbhajan Singh

Rahane and senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who has come back after being sidelined for more than two years.

"I really like Ajinkya (Rahane) as a batsman and as a fielder in the team. Really nice to have a guy who has so much energy and puts in 100 percent every time he steps on the field, every ball that he plays, every ball that he fields, he is always there for the team."

"He is willing to do anything for the team requires of him and he is one guy who I feel will be a very important factor as far as Team India doing well in Test cricket is concerned, because he brings that solidarity in the middle order, coming straight after me."

On Harbhajan, Kohli said he would have a crucial role to play in Sri Lanka.

"We have lot of experience with the spin department."

"(Ravichandran) Ashwin has been wonderful for us. Harbhajan Singh has been a match-winner for India in Test matches and one-day cricket. So it's great to have his vision, his ideas and his confidence back into the team and Amit Mishra as well.

He is bowling really well for the last one year or so and that is the reason why we wanted him in the team as well," he said.

Kohli said even the pacers will be required to do well in the island nation.

"I think not just the spinners but the fast bowlers will also play a massive role in Sri Lanka. I think with the ball reversing later on, the fast bowlers have been the ones who have come in and given those crucial breakthroughs for the Test match to be won," he said.