Wanindu Hasaranga To Lead Sri Lanka In T20 World Cup 2024 | Check Full Squad
Wanindu Hasaranga is currently on a road to recovery. He is currently missing the ongoing season of Indian Premier League 2024.
New Delhi: Sri Lanka Cricket have announced the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup which is scheduled to be played in USA and West Indies later this year in June. Wanindu Hasaranga will lead the team in the marquee event.
Hasaranga, who was named as the Sri Lanka T20I captain in December last year, will lead the team in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and USA while middle-order batter Charith Asalanka will be his deputy for the event to be held from from June 1 to 29.
Sri Lanka have banked on the experience of Mathews, who returned to the T20I setup earlier this year in January after an absence of nearly three years. This will be Mathews’ sixth T20 World Cup appearance, as he was part of Sri Lanka’s victorious campaign in 2014.
The squad:
Sri Lanka: Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Charith Asalanka (vc), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, and Dilshan Madushanka
Traveling Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Janith Liyanage.
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