Overview
- Rathnayake collaborated with coaches to study each batsman’s vulnerabilities and decide which arm to employ.
- Both of his wickets were right-arm dismissals claimed during the opening session in Galle.
- He arrives in Test cricket with 337 first-class wickets from 73 matches.
- Kamindu Mendis is the only other bowler in the Sri Lanka squad able to switch arms, though he has 31 wickets from 56 matches.
- Sri Lanka will play a second Test next week before moving on to three ODIs and three T20Is in July.