Colombo, June 24 -- Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva is betting on pace to do the job against Bangladesh in the second game of the two-match series ahead of their 11-month Test hiatus in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle.

In the past couple of years, Silva has insisted on infusing pacers at home, which offers them an opportunity to prepare the quicks for overseas assignments. In the second Test against Bangladesh, Silva is considering putting three in the final XI, considering the benign nature of SSC.

"We've got 12 in the squad, and we've got options, because our weather is changing from time to time as well. We were hoping to go with three seamers, but it's hard to tell exactly - the pitch also looks flat," Silva said as ...