The Sri Lankan selectors on Sunday dropped batsman Kusal Mendis from their 15-member squad while Angelo Mathews returned to lead the side in the upcoming tour of India.<\/p>\n
Right-handed opener Kaushal Silva was also omitted from the team that emerged victorious against Pakistan in the recent Test series held in the UAE.<\/p>\n
Mathews was ruled out of the Test series against Pakistan due to a calf muscle injury.<\/p>\n
Since making his Test debut in 2015, the 22-year-old Mendis was being seen as the best batting prospect for Sri Lanka after the retirement of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.<\/p>\n
Mendis will miss out on a Test match after 22 consecutive appearances since his debut.<\/p>\n
Former skipper Angelo Mathews returns to the side which features middle-order batsman Roshen Silva as the only uncapped player.<\/p>\n
They also announced that former Test batsman Thilan Samaraweera was appointed as the batting coach to groom the national team in the run up to the 2019 World Cup.<\/p>\n
The 41-year-old Samaraweera, who retired from Test cricket in 2013, had been a batting consultant for the Bangladesh team, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cSLC announces today the recruitment of former Sri Lankan right hand batsman Thilan Samaraweera as batting coach to the national team for a period of three years,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Samaraweera is due to join the Sri Lanka squad before they leave for India later this week to play three Tests, three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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