WI vs SL, 1st Test: 6 players to watch out for

#5 Roston Chase

Roston Chase

Roston Chase, in his short career, has shown that he has got the temperament needed for the test cricket. This is rare for a West Indian player in nowadays as the majority of them gets drawn towards T20s. He debuted against India in 2016 and impressed everyone with his all-round abilities in that series.

He took a five-wicket haul before scoring a gritty century on the final day to draw the Jamaica Test. This was only his second test. He is only the fourth West Indian to take a five-wicket haul and score a hundred in the same Test match. He repeated his performance against Pakistan in the following year when he scored two centuries.

Overall, Chase has scored 1065 runs in 17 tests with 3 hundreds and 5 fifties. He also has claimed 31 wickets in as many matches. It will be exciting to watch him play against Sri Lanka.

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#6 Kemar Roach

Kemar Roach

Hailing from Barbados, the land of the great fast bowlers, Kemar Roach is a highly talented pace bowler. He can make any batsman dance on his tunes when it is his day.

His tremendous pace owing to the quick arm action makes it troublesome for the batsmen facing him. He made his Test debut in 2009 thanks to the WIPA's strike over pay disputes which forced the selectors to pick a B team.

Over the years, he has established himself as the strike-bowler of the team. He has 147 wickets in 44 tests with a decent strike-rate of 54.78. He will have the job to provide early breakthroughs to his team in this match.