Sri Lanka hand debut to Asalanka, Permaul and Roach are available for West Indies
2021-11-29 15:27:43
Sri Lanka bat after not on time get started because of rain
Toss Sri Lanka elected to bat vs West Indies
Sri Lanka gained the toss and – unsurprisingly – selected to bat first, after the toss was once not on time through 5 hours, in Galle. Continual drizzle successfully washed out the primary two periods. Play is ready to start at 3pm native time, with 45 overs scheduled. It’s not going that play will proceed till 6pm, as is was hoping, on the other hand, with unhealthy mild more likely to set in prior to then.
West Indies made 3 adjustments to the aspect that misplaced through 187 runs within the first Take a look at. Opening batter Jeremy Solozano stays unavailable, as he continues to recuperate from the concusssion he suffered at the first morning of his debut Take a look at, ultimate week. Shai Hope, his concussion change for that sport, takes his position within the beginning XI.
Left-arm spinner Verasammy Permaul additionally comes into the aspect, making his first Take a look at look since 2015. He displaces Rahkeem Cornwall the offspinner, this means that that West Indies have two frontline left-arm spinners within the XI, with Jomel Warrican additionally there. Allrounder Roston Chase, who took a five-wicket haul within the first fit, is their number one offspinning choice.
Kemar Roach, who was once controversially overlooked for the primary sport, returns. Shannon Gabriel makes method for him, having picked up most effective two wickets within the ultimate fit.
Sri Lanka, in the meantime, have selected to beef up their batting, with their seam bowlers having now and then been superfluous within the first fit. Dushmantha Chameera has been overlooked instead of Charith Asalanka, who makes his Take a look at debut, having had a very good T20 International Cup over the last six weeks. The rest of the Sri Lanka XI stays unchanged.
Even if maximum of day one has been misplaced, this floor is anticipated to start out off drier than the pitch from the primary fit, this means that it’s more likely to take spin previous within the sport.
Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt.), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Oshada Fernando, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva, 6 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 7 Charith Asalanka, 8 Ramesh Mendis, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Lasith Embuldeniya, 11 Praveen Jayawickrama
West Indies: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt.), 2 Jermaine Blackwood, 3 Nkrumah Bonner, 4 Shai Hope, 5 Roston Chase, 6 Kyle Mayers, 7 Jason Holder, 8 Joshua da Silva (wk), 9 Jomel Warrican, 10 Verasammy Permaul, 11 Kemar Roach
Andrew Fidel Fernando is ESPNcricinfo’s Sri Lanka correspondent. @afidelf
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