Former captain Dasun Shanaka is in line to play his first ODI since January 2024 after incomes a recall to the squad for Sri Lanka’s upcoming tour of England. Shanaka and uncapped legspinner Sachindu Colombage are the 2 new inclusions within the ODI setup, whereas pacers Milan Rathnayake and Pramod Madushan have been omitted from the squad that clinched a rain-affected three-match ODI collection 1-0 within the Caribbean in June.
Shanaka’s return bolsters Sri Lanka’s middle-order with much-needed expertise within the lead-up to subsequent 12 months’s ODI World Cup. He has performed 71 ODIs, main Sri Lanka in 43 of them, though he’ll look to enhance upon a middling batting common of twenty-two.39 within the format.
Sri Lanka squad for England ODIs: Kusal Mendis (captain), Charith Asalanka (vice-captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kamindu Mendis, Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Sachindu Colombage, Dushmantha Chameera, Eshan Malinga, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka
In the meantime, one other former captain’s return headlines Sri Lanka’s contingent for the T20I leg of the tour. Charith Asalanka, who was omitted from the squad for the T20Is in opposition to West Indies, has earned a recall following a profitable Lanka Premier League marketing campaign. Asalanka tallied 385 runs at a median of 38.50 and a strike-rate of 153.38 and struck 4 half-centuries for eventual champions Galle Gallants. He has additionally been appointed the vice-captain of the aspect for the whole thing of the tour, with Kusal Mendis persevering with to captain the squads.
Lahiru Udara, who topped the run-charts within the LPL with 434 runs, has been included within the T20 squad. His lone T20I got here within the 2023 Asian Video games in Hangzhou. In the meantime, all-rounder Janith Liyanage and ambidextrous spinner Tharindu Rathnayake have additionally been referred to as up, whereas Lasith Croospulle, Pavan Rathnayake, Milan Rathnayake and Dilshan Madushanka have been dropped from the touring social gathering to the Caribbean.
Sri Lanka squad for England T20Is: Kusal Mendis (captain), Charith Asalanka (vice-captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Lahiru Udara, Kamindu Mendis, Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka, Dunith Wellalage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Tharindu Rathnayake, Dushmantha Chameera, Eshan Malinga, Nuwan Thushara, Binura Fernando
Sri Lanka’s tour of England commences on September 15 with the three-match T20I collection to be performed in Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester. The three ODIs are scheduled to be held in Chester-le-Road, Leeds and The Oval, with the primary of these to be performed on September 22.
