Three of SL Test squad feature in top five FC batting averages
Three Sri Lanka batters for Bangladesh Tests, feature among the top five in terms of highest first-class batting averages among active cricketers. Kamindu Mendis (4,920 runs at 61.5, Pasindu Sooriyabandara (3,981 at 56.87) and Pathum Nissanka (4,893 at 54.97) have the second, fourth and fifth-highest first-class averages among players still active. Sooriyabandara is yet to play a Test.