Sri Lanka’s Squad for T20 World Cup 2024 Revealed
The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 to be hosted in the USA and West Indies.
Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga will lead the team into the event next month in June.
Hasaranga was named the team’s captain last year in December and he will be assisted by Charity Asalanka as he has been announced as the vice-captain of the team.
The team is filled with experienced players such as Angelo Mathews who returned to T20I cricket in January after being sidelined from the team for the last three years.
This will be Mathews’s sixth T20 World Cup and he was also part of the team that won the 2014 edition of the tournament.
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The team also includes Kusal Mendis who is 29 years old but has been representing the Sri Lankan team in T20Is since 2016. He is also the captain of their ODI team so he has loads of leadership experience.
The side will have more experience in the form of Dasun Shanaka and Dhananjaya de Silva who both debuted in 2015 against Pakistan in T20Is.
In March, Sri Lanka Cricket played with Bangladesh Cricket for three T20Is. They won by 2-1 as they won the first match and the last match on March 4th and March 9th respectively.
The Sri Lankans will play against South Africa for their first contest in the 2024 T20 World Cup on June 3rd at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.
The Lankans are grouped with South Africa, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Netherlands in Group D of the tournament.
Sri Lanka Squad for T20 World Cup 2024:
Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Charith Asalanka (vc), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Mahesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, and Dilshan Madushanka
Traveling Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Janith Liyanage.
The International Cricket Council has instructed the participating teams’ boards to finalize their squads by May 25th as no changes can be made after the date without ICC‘s approval.
