Sri Lanka have handed debut to three players--Prabath Jayasuriya, Maheesh Theekshana and Kamindu Mendis for the second Test against Australia after hosts were forced to take desperate measures following several Covid 19 positive cases in the side.
They also brought in Kasun Rajith in place of Asitha Fernando who was ruled out after contracting the virus along with Dhananjaya de Silva, Praveen Jayawicktrema and Jeffrey Vandersay. Lasith Embuldeniya was also dropped from the side after he failed to impress in the first game. Australians are unchanged as they look to wrap of the series 2-0.
Sri Lanka lost the first Test by 10-wickets inside three days when Australia spun a web around the Sri Lankan batters.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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