15 Members Sri Lanka Squad For ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Announced, Angelo Mathews Return to the side while Dunith Wellalage has to make his debut
The 15 members experienced Sri Lanka Squad for the ICC T20 World Cup starting from June 1 in the USA and West Indies announced by Cricket Sri Lanka. The experience Angelo Mathews returns to the side after three years, the main contributor to Sri Lanka’s 2014 winning team will play his sixth T20 World Cup.
The former champions in 2014 and the runner-up of the 2009 World Cup editions are all set to repeat history once again, Sri Lanka beat India in the final Of ICC T20 World Cup 2014 under the captaincy of Malinga. Sri Lanka produce some big names in the History of Cricket Including Kumar Sangakkara, the yorker king Lasith Malinga and the magician of spin Murlithern.
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The Left-arm spinning allrounder Dunith Wellalage who has not played a single T20 also secured their place for the big event, despite he has not played a single T20 international match. Wellalage has been chosen by his skill set rather than experience he is a good left-arm spinner and a good fielder along with this he is capable of hitting big short in the lower order.
The Sri Lanka Squad will be led by Hasaranga along with his backup assistant Charith Asalanka has been named as his deputy. Wanindo Hasranga was named the T20 caption of Sri Lanka last year in December, he missed the ongoing IPL, 2023 Asia Cup and World Cup due to a heel injury.
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Hasarnga will be backed by other experienced teammates as the dormer white ball caption Dasun Shanaka along with Kusal Mendis (current ODI captain) and Dhananjaya de Silva (current Test captain) also secured their places in the Sri Lanka Squad for the World Cup.
Sri Lanka picked a balanced squad equipped with a variety of Spin and fast-bowling all-rounders and a lethal face attack, the skipper Hasrasnga along with Dunith Wellalage, Dhananjaya de Silva, and Kamindu Mendis are the spin bowling options with Mathews and Shanaka are the two key pace-bowling all-round options in the squad.
The fast bowling will be strengthened by Matheesha Pathirana Nuwan Thushara, Dushmantha Chameera and Dilshan Madushanka.
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The batting order is fully equipped with experience including Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka and Angelo Mathews are likely to form the top six.
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The Sri Lanka Squad consists of
Wanindu Hasaranga (captain), Charith Asalanka (vice-captain), 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, Dilshan Madushanka
travelling reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Janith Liyanage.
Sri Lanka is placed in Group D along with other counterparts South Africa, Bangladesh, Netherlands and Nepal.
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Sri Lanka Complete Schedule and Fixture for ICC T20 World Cup 2024
| Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
| June 3, Monday | South Africa vs Sri Lanka | 8:30 PM | Citi Field, New York |
| June 7, Friday | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh | 9:30 PM | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas |
| June 11, Tuesday | Sri Lanka vs Nepal | 8:30 PM | Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill |
| June 16, Sunday | Sri Lanka vs Netherlands | 7:30 PM | Daren Sammy Cricket Stadium, St Lucia |
The top 2 teams will qualify for Super 8 which will face the other group’s top 2 teams. Which led to the semi-finals played on June 26 and 27.
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The final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is set to be played at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on June 29.
