PATHUM NISSANKA Suitable for 2. Test in relation to Australia, Ramesh Mendis added to the meeting
Sri Lanka received a big boost on the eve of the second and last test against Australia to play in Galle. Pathum Nissank opener was declared appropriate after missing the first test due to groin.
In addition to Nissanka, the home side also invited offspenspenner Ramesh Mendis to the team to strengthen the spin department. His inclusion clearly suggests a domestic side plan to attack Australia with multiple turns, despite succumbing in the last test.
Nisanka Pathum suitable for 2. Test VS Australia
Nisanka Pathum was declared appropriate and even participated in training on February 2 in Galle. Nissanka practiced with the whole team trained on the same ground used for the first series of series.
Opener Sri Lanka Pathum Nisanka is appropriate and participated in yesterday’s training in Galle, where the team coached the same terrain from the first test. pic.twitter.com/m7vewfd6cb
– Cricwire (@cricwirelk) 3. February 2025
The Nisanka Pathum is a marked opener of Sri Lanka in all game formats. The young man did pretty well and is one of the best team performers in a red ball and white ball format.
The last test in Gqeberhi played against South Africa in December last year, where he hit a fine 89 out of 157 balls in the first scope of the match. Nissanka is likely to replace Oshad Fernando at the top and could be seen opening up with Dimuth Karunaratna in the upcoming test.
Pathum Nissanka has played 15 tests in his career so far in which he has achieved 917 runs on average 38.20. In his test career, the 26-year-old hit 2 hundred and in the 1950s.
Ramesh Mendis invited the team in Sri Lanka’s team
In another change, Offspenner Ramesh Mendis was also called to strengthen the spin attack. The home team will probably include it in playing XI. Mendis is a very experienced spin bowler and knows how to pick up wikets in these conditions.
Ramesh Mendis was added to the team to strengthen Spin’s attack on the eve of the key seas of the second test. pic.twitter.com/zlridk1sxa
– Cricwire (@cricwirelk) 3. February 2025
The 29-year-old is also a capable dough lower down the order and can achieve vital driving in the lower order. He played 15 tests and picked up 69 wickekets on average 30.65 with 5 draws of five winches.
Ramesh Mendis scored 380 runs on average 18.09 with the best of 45*. He last played a test in September 2024 against New Zealand on the same ground in Galle. In home conditions, Ramesh Mendis was Trump cardboard for his team in recent years.
Australia 1-0 forward in the series
Australia won the first series of inserts and 242 driving in a comprehensive way. It was the biggest victory in Australia over Sri Lanka. The victory was also the biggest defeat of Sri Lanka in the test crice.
The victory was placed by a great double hundred USman Khawai. Khawaja scored 232 out of 353 balls, while stand-in-in-chapper Steve Smith and Josh Inglis were also inserted with vital centuries.
In the bowling department, Offspenner Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann broke through the desolation. Lyon picked up seven wickets while Kuhnemann Finished with nine hickets in the match.
