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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
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