Sri Lanka are trailing poorly in the ongoing series against team India as the hosts have conquered all the games till now, by clean sweeping the limited-series format and also winning the first Test with a superstar performance by Ravindra Jadeja.
Sri Lanka have this final test to outshine at the neighbour region, which might also assist them a for a good end to this series.
Suranga Lakmal will walk out for a farewell as the visitors will be bidding him at the end of the game.
Pathum Nissanka, who has a back problem, will be replaced by Mendis. In the bowling department, Sri Lanka is also dealing with fitness issues. In Mohali, Lahiru Kumara just bowled 10.5 overs before limping off with a suspected hamstring injury. Dushmantha Chameera was rested for this pink-ball match, and he is dealing with an ankle injury. The team’s medical panel had advised Chameera to only be considered for white-ball assignments, according to Karunaratne. Given Embuldeniya’s relative success, Sri Lanka are expected to bring in another left-arm spinner in Praveen Jayawickrama, who has two fifers and 18 wickets in three Tests.
Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama
