Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed Kusal Mendis as the new captain of the national men's Test team. Reports indicate that the SLC Selection Committee made this decision during a meeting held yesterday at the cricket board's headquarters.
This appointment follows Dhananjaya de Silva's resignation from the Sri Lanka Test captaincy.
Mendis's first assignment as the new Test captain will be to lead the team in the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan.
Mendis has represented Sri Lanka in 75 Test matches and has played a total of 343 international matches across all three formats of the game (Test, ODI, and T20).