West Indies vs Sri Lanka 1st Test- Team and Commentary Panel Announced

By Sanduni Kulatunga

The Sri Lanka team for tomorrow for the 1st test match of the West Indies-Sri Lanka series scheduled to be held tomorrow in Galle has been announced.

The captain, Dimuth Karunaratne has announced the Sri Lanka XI playing against West Indies. The team consists of 6 powerful batters,3 spinners and 2 fast bowlers.
However, Charith Asalanka won’t be making his test debut tomorrow.
The list is as follows:

Sri Lanka XI 1st
1. Dimuth Karunaratne
2. Pathum Nissanka
3. Oshada Fernando
4. Angelo Mathews
5. Dinesh Chandimal (WK)
6. Dhananjaya De Silva
7. Ramesh Mendis
8. Lasith Embuldeniya
9. Suranga Lakmal
10. Dushmantha Chameera
11. Praveen Jayawickrama

A panel of 6 international commentators would take up for duties for the series including 3 Sri Lankan commentators.
The panel is as follows

Roshan Abeysinghe (SL)
Farveez Maharoof (SL)
Jehan Mubarak (SL)
Aamir Sohail (Pak)
Fazeer Mohammed (WI)
HD Ackerman (SA)

It is revealed that Jehan Mubarak would only partake in the 1st test match and the South African commentator, Ackerman is to join the panel during the 2nd test match.