{"id":11778,"date":"2026-05-25T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?p=11778"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:30:17","slug":"sri-lanka-tour-of-west-indies-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/sri-lanka-tour-of-west-indies-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Tour of West Indies 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sri Lanka Cricket\u2019s Selection Panel has selected the following squads for Sri Lanka\u2019s Tour of<br>the West Indies 2026.<br>The tour will feature matches across all three formats \u2014 ODI, T20I, and Test cricket.<br>The tour will begin with the ODI series, followed by the T20I and Test series.<br>The Sri Lanka team will depart for the West Indies tomorrow, 26th May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ind-tb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ind-tb.jpg 683w, https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ind-tb-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ind-tb-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The above squads have been announced subject to the approval of the Minister of Youth<br>Affairs and Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka Cricket\u2019s Selection Panel has selected the following squads for Sri Lanka\u2019s Tour ofthe West Indies 2026.The tour will feature matches across all three formats \u2014 ODI, T20I, and Test cricket.The tour will begin with the ODI series, followed by the T20I and Test series.The Sri Lanka team will depart for the West Indies&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,60,57],"tags":[73,134,72,240],"class_list":["post-11778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-international-cricket","category-national-cricket","tag-slsports","tag-sports-news","tag-sri-lanka-cricket","tag-west-indies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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