Tharanga's last Test was additionally against Pakistan, in Colombo a year ago, where he made 92 and 45. On the other hand, he was dropped for the New Zealand visit later in 2014, losing his place to Dimuth Karunaratne. Tharanga played in the visit match against the Pakistanis before the present arrangement and scored 35 in the first innings at No. 3, and 50 as an opener in the second.
Sri Lanka's other batting choices in the squad are Jehan Mubarak and Kusal Perera. While Mubarak had unremarkable scores of 28 and 16 in the warm-up match, Kusal's last top notch match was against Pakistan An, in Colombo in May, in which he scored 90 and 102 not out. He was likewise the main run-scorer in that three-match arrangement with 311 keeps running from three innings at a normal of 155.50, including two hundreds and a fifty.
The Test arrangement is as of now tied 1-1.
