The Sri Lanka Cricket Board has received the approval for the final squad that would face India during the Sri Lankan tour that is scheduled to start on 05 January.
The team would be led by Lasith Malinga, while the rest of the team consists of Kusal Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Oshada Fernando, Dasun Shanaka, Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lakshan Sandakan, Dhananjaya de Silva, Lahiru Kumara, Isuru Udana and Kasun Rajitha.
Accordingly, Kusal Mendis who was not included in the previous list of players has been added to the final squad.
Further, Angelo Mathews returns to the Sri Lankan cricket team after 16 months.
The Indian team would be led by Virat Kohli, while the team consists of Shikhar Dhawan, K.L. Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav,Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar.