Sri Lanka trial Test reset in Afghanistan tour
The Hindu
Colombo Sri Lanka's new Test captain, Dhananjaya de Silva, aims to revive their struggling Test fortunes against Afghanistan.
Sri Lanka hope to revive their flagging Test fortunes with new five-day captain Dhananjaya de Silva taking the helm for their one-off match against Afghanistan starting Friday in Colombo.
The island nation is dead last on the World Test Championship rankings and their last match in October at the same ground saw a humiliating innings and 222-run loss to Pakistan in their worst ever home defeat.
De Silva, a middle-order batsman and handy off-spinner, takes charge ahead of a full tour slate for the year including a three-Test series in England.
"Very excited about what is about to unfold with my cricket career. More so Sri Lankan Test cricket going forward," de Silva told AFP.
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