Pakistan Cricket Board is hopeful that the senior Sri Lankan cricketers who shunned the limited-overs series will tour Pakistan for the upcoming Test series in December.

Ten Sri Lankan cricketers were not ready to tour Pakistan for the ODI and T20I series in September and October citing security reasons. The tour ended up being safe and well fought as both sides won a series each and the visitors returned back home happy.

Those ten players were given a briefing by the players and match officials who went to Pakistan. Apparently, those senior players are happy with the briefing they received and are most likely to make themselves available to play the Test series.

A PCB source said, “The indications are that most of the ten players who did not come to Pakistan for the limited over series in Sept-Oct due to security concerns will be part of the Test squad.”

“Apparently most of these 10 players were satisfied with the briefing given to them by their teammates and officials about the security situation in Pakistan and the arrangements made for them. Most of them have shown willingness to play the Test series,” he added.

Players like Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva, Suranga Lakmal and Test and ODI captain Dimuth Karunaratne were a part of those who missed out in the recent series.

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The Sri Lankan Cricket Board will send a security delegation to Rawalpindi as no matches were held in the city during the ODI and T20I series.

“Their security delegation is scheduled to visit again because Rawalpindi did not host any match of the recent white ball series," the source said.

The two-match Test series in December, which will be a part of the World Test Championship, will be the first in Pakistan in the last 10 years.

(Inputs from PTI)