Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal has been included in the team for the two-match Test series against South Africa, despite the chances of him being unavailable for the matches due to suspension. Chandimal along with coach Chandika Hathurusingha and manager Asanka Gurusinha has acknowledged that they have had breached the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) code of conduct after the team delayed play during the second Test against the West Indies last month.

The minimum punishment for the offense is suspension from two Test matches for Chandimal, with the hearing due to be held on Tuesday, two days ahead of the start of the first Test against the Proteas. The Sri Lankan selectors have also included their premier spinners Rangana Herath along with Kusal Perera in the 16-man squad, despite the fact that their availability for the matches is doubtful due to fitness.

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Herath was seen wearing the webbing on his bowling hand ahead of the third Test against the Windies, while Perera got injured after colliding with a boundary hoarding during the final Test on the tour. All-rounder Angelo Mathews will also mark his return to the squad after he left the Windies tour to attend the birth of his second child.

Sri Lanka will host the first Test in Galle which begins on July 12, before moving to Colombo for the second test from July 20.

Sri Lanka squad: Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera (subject to fitness), Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Roshen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Rangana Herath (subject to fitness), Suranga Lakmal, Dilruwan Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Lahiru Kumara, Lakshan Sandakan, Kasun Rajitha

South Africa squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Lungisani Ngidi, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Shaun von Berg.