SLC announces squad for Pakistan Test series

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today (Nov 29) announced its 16-member squad for a two-match Test series in Pakistan in December.

Issuing a statement, SLC said the team will leave for Pakistan on December 8 to take part in the two-Test series conducted under the ICC Test Championship.

The matches will be played in Rawalpindi from December 11 – 15 and in Karachi from December 19 to 23.

Sri Lanka is the last foreign team to have toured Pakistan for a Test Series before they were ambushed in a terrorist attack near the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in 2009. Since then, no country has played Test cricket in Pakistan.

The squad for the upcoming tour is as follows : 

• Dimuth Karunaratne – Captain
• Oshada Fernando
• Kusal Mendis
• Angelo Mathews
• Dinesh Chandimal
• Kusal Janith Perera
• Lahiru Thirimanne
• Dhananjaya De Silva
• Niroshan Dickwella
• Dilruwan Perera
• Lasith Embuldeniya
• Suranga Lakmal
• Lahiru Kumara
• Vishwa Fernando
• Kasun Rajitha
• Lakshan Sandakan