New Zealand Bat, Karunaratne Debut

Galle: New Zealand have won the toss and they will bat first against Sri Lanka in first Test at Galle on Saturday.

Dimuth Karunaratne will make his debut as an opener. Shaminda Eranga is preferred over Chanaka Welegedara.

Sri lanka miss Tillakaratne Dilshan, who is yet to recover from the back injury he sustained during the ODI series.

For New Zealand, Doug Bracewell joins Trent Boult and Tim Southee as the three seamers. Jeetan Patel is only the spinner.

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