Kusal Mendis to lead Sri Lanka in Tests after Dhananjaya de Silva makes way for 'next generation'
Mendis, 31, already leads Sri Lanka in ODIs and T20Is and will now take charge of the Test side as well. He has played 75 Tests for Sri Lanka, scoring 4,836 runs at an average of 36.36, including 10 centuries and 23 fifties.
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