Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to bat first against West Indies in the first Test match in Galle. 

West Indies have a debutant in Jeremy Solozano, the 26-year-old from Trinidad, who is set to open the batting with Kraigg Brathwaite.

Unsurprisingly, both sides have stacked their side with spinners. West Indies have both the left-arm spin of Jomel Warrican, and the offspin of Rahkeem Cornwall as frontline options, with Roston Chase also around to contribute with his offbreaks.

Sri Lanka have fielded two left-arm spinners in Lasith Embuldeniya, who had been Sri Lanka’s premier spinner over the past 18 months, and 23-year-old Praveen Jayawickrama, who was impressive on debut. 

Ramesh Mendis, the offspin-bowling allrounder is also in the XI. As is Dhananjaya de Silva, who also bowls offbreaks.

Both sides have two seamers apiece - West Indies going with Shannon Gabriel over Kemar Roach, with Jason Holder also there. Sri Lanka have Suranga Lakmal and Dushmantha Chameera.

Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt.), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Oshada Fernando, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva, 6 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 7 Ramesh Mendis, 8 Suranga Lakmal, 9 Dushmantha Chameera, 10 Lasith Embuldeniya, 11 Praveen Jayawickrama

West Indies: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt.), 2 Jeremy Solozano, 3 Nkrumah Bonner, 4 Roston Chase, 5 Jermaine Blackwood, 6 Kyle Mayers, 7 Jason Holder, 8 Joshua da Silva (wk), 9 Rahkeem Cornwall, 10 Jomel Warrican, 11 Shannon Gabriel