Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 5 (ANI): Left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Dunith Wellalage will captain Sri Lanka A within the Rising Stars T20 Asia Cup, in Doha, scheduled to start on November 14.
The Sri Lanka A squad additionally options leg-spinners Vijayakanth Viyaskanth and Sahan Arachchige, all-rounders Milan Rathnayake and Ramesh Mendis, and top-order batters Nuwanidu Fernando and Nishan Madushka, and seamer Pramod Madushan.
Despite the fact that the vast majority of the gamers have not discovered a constant place within the senior Sri Lanka staff, Wellalage, Nuwanidu, and Madushka have featured frequently within the white-ball format up to now couple of months. Rathnayake contested in Sri Lanka’s Take a look at collection towards Bangladesh in June.
Vishen Halambage, a 20-year-old batting all-rounder who has been referred to as as much as the Sri Lanka squad however is but to make his debut, has additionally been included within the staff. Ramesh Mendis performed for Sri Lanka towards Australia in a Take a look at in February. Viyaskanth has come near breaking into the worldwide setup. Nevertheless, the presence of Wanindu Hasaranga and Jeffrey Vandersay has saved him out of the combination.
The groups have been drafted into two teams: Group A contains Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka, whereas Group B contains India, Oman, Pakistan, and the UAE. The Rising Stars Asia Cup will begin with a contest between Pakistan A and Oman. Sri Lanka A will start their marketing campaign towards Afghanistan A on November 15.
Sri Lanka A squad for the Rising Stars Asia Cup T20 match: Dunith Wellalage (capt.), Vishen Halambage, Nishan Madushka (wk), Nuwanidu Fernando, Lasith Croospulle, Ramesh Mendis, Kavindu de Livera, Sahan Arachchige, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Pramod Madushan, Garuka Sanketh, Isitha Wijesundara, Milan Rathnayake, V Viyaskanth, Traveen Mathew. (ANI)
