Toss Sri Lanka selected to bat vs Bangladesh
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne determined to bat first after profitable the toss in opposition to Bangladesh within the first Test in Chattogram. He mentioned that he took the choice based mostly on the usually good batting circumstances of the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, and desirous to make greatest use of the deteriorating pitch later within the sport.
From their final Test in Bangalore, the guests introduced in Asitha Fernando to switch the retired Suranga Lakmal. Dinesh Chandimal and Oshada Fernando additionally returned, however there was no place for left-arm spinner Pravin Jayawickrama, who troubled Bangladesh within the 2021 Test sequence.
The house aspect went for a 5-man bowling assault primarily as a result of Shakib Al Hasan had returned to the Test aspect after a niche of 4 matches. Yasir Ali misplaced his place. A much bigger shock was the exclusion of Ebadat Hossain, who took the match-profitable six-for in opposition to New Zealand in January. Shoriful Islam, the left-arm fast, returned after lacking the South Africa Tests.
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque (capt), 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Litton Das (wk), 7 Shakib Al Hasan, 8 Nayeem Hasan, 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Khaled Ahmed
Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Oshada Fernando, 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva, 6 Dinesh Chandimal, 7 Niroshan Dickwella (wk), 8 Ramesh Mendis, 9 Lasith Embuldeniya, 10 Asitha Fernando, 11 Vishwa Fernando