• Home
  • Cricket News
  • Ind Vs Sl Sri Lanka Announce Squad For Test Series Against India

IND vs SL | Sri Lanka announce squad for Test series against India

Onecricket

Sri Lanka have announced the squad for the upcoming Test series against India. The side would be led by Dimuth Karunaratne while Dhananjaya de Silva will be his deputy. Kusal Mendis’ availability depends on fitness and Ramesh Mendis will not be a part of the team due to injury. 

Apart from this Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva have been drafted into the T20I squad in place of injured Kusal Mendis and Maheesh Theekshana.

“In the meantime, Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya De Silva have been drafted into the T20I squad in place of injured Kusal Mendis and Maheesh Theekshana,” a release from SLC said. 

“Both Mendis and Theekshana suffered hamstring injuries during the 5th T20I vs Australia.”

“Maheesh Theekshana will return home, whilst Wanindu Hasaranga also will return home from Australia,” it added. 

India and Sri Lanka are slated to play a two-match Test series which will begin on March 4, 2022 in Mohali. The second clash will be held in Bengaluru from March 12, 2022. Sri Lanka as a unit have been on a roll in recent times, steamrolling over opposition teams in their home conditions that have massively supported spin bowling. Lasith Embuldeniya for example has enjoyed an exceptional season in the run-up to the India series, routing oppositions at home.

However, Lanka will be met with a completely different set of conditions in Mohali, Punjab - a ground that traditionally supports movement in the first hour of the day. This series will have large implications for Sri Lanka as they are currently at the top of the World Test Championship table.

SQUAD: Dimuth Karunaratne (Captain), Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya de Silva (Vice-Captain), Kusal Mendis (subject to fitness), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella, Chamika Karunaratne, Lahiru Kumara, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrema, Lasith Embuldeniya

Discover more

Top Stories
news

IPL 2022 to have 70 league matches across four venues

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that the Indian Premier League will have 70 league games that will be played across four venues in Mumbai and Pune. The venues for the playoffs will be decided later on. It was already speculated that the tournament will start on March 26, Saturday, which will give the broadcasters a favourable window to begin the tournament with a double-header on the second day. The governing body has confirmed the same and finalised the date for the final as well. Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium will host 20 matches while 15 matches will take place at CCI. The DY Patil Stadium will have 20 games and 15 clashes will be held in Pune’s MCA International Stadium. “The IPL Governing Council at its meeting held yesterday made the following key decisions regarding the TATA IPL 2022 Season. The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League will be played in a bio-secure environment at a single hub to avoid air travel which is considered as a major threat for the spread of COVID-19 infection, thereby affecting the players and the League/matches,” an official release from IPL read. “The tournament will kickstart from 26th March, 2022 and the final will be played on 29th May, 2022. A total of 70 league matches will be played across four international standard venues in Mumbai and Pune. The venue for the playoff matches will be decided later,” it added. The 10 teams have been divided into two groups and each team will play 14 games in the group stage. The breakdown is such that each team will play two games against opponents of their own group and play 2 games against one opponent in the other group. This will make 10 matches in total and for the rest 4 matches, they will square off once against the last 4 teams of the other group. “Each team will play twice with the teams in their group and with the team in the same row in the second group. With the rest of the teams in the second group, they will play only once during the season.”