{"id":27625,"date":"2021-11-21T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=27625"},"modified":"2021-11-21T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T07:54:10","slug":"sri-lanka-win-toss-bat-in-first-west-indies-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/sri-lanka-win-toss-bat-in-first-west-indies-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka win toss, bat in first West Indies Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Galle, Sri Lanka, Nov 21 (AFP\/APP):Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against West Indies at Galle on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts opted for five specialist bowlers for their first match in the new ICC World Test Championship cycle, including left-arm spinners Praveen Jayawickrama and Lasith Embuldeniya.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies are giving a debut to Jeremy Solozano, a left-handed top-order batsman from Trinidad.<br \/>\n&#8220;We need to back him and his plans. He&#8217;s done lot of good things to get here and&#8230; he&#8217;s a disciplined player,&#8221; said Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies captain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wicket is pretty good and we know how Galle will behave,&#8221; said Dimuth Karunaratne, the Sri Lanka captain.<br \/>\n&#8220;There will be lot of turn later on and we want to make the most (of it) by batting first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Ramesh Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dushmantha Chameera<\/p>\n<p>West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Jeremy Solozano, Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva, Rahkeem Cornwall, Shannon Gabriel, Jomel Warrican.<br \/>\nUmpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)<br \/>\nTV umpire: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SRI)<br \/>\nMatch referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galle, Sri Lanka, Nov 21 (AFP\/APP):Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against West Indies at Galle on Sunday. 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