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Thursday, February 18, 2016

2016 ICC World T20 in India - Sri Lanka Squad Announced

 
Lasith Malinga who missed the New Zealand tour due to injury, has been named as the skipper of the Sri Lankan team for the upcoming Asia Cup and ICC World Twenty20 tournament in March 2016

Lasith Malinga, who has not played a single match since November 2015 against the West Indies, comes back along with Nuwan Kulasekara and Rangana Herath, who missed the three-match Twenty20 series againstIndia which Sri Lanka lost 1-2.

Under Lasith Malinga's captaincy, Sri Lanka won their first Twenty20 title in 2014 when they defeated India by six wickets in Dhaka. The defending champions are placed in Group 1 along side West Indies, England ,South Africa and another qualifier

Sri Lanka squad for ICC World Twenty20
Lasith Malinga (Captain), Angelo Mathews (Vice Captain), Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakratne Dilshan, Niroshan Dickwella, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milinda Siriwardena, Dasun Shanaka, Chamara Kapugedara, Nuwan Kulasekera, Dushmantha Chameera, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Rangana Herath, Jeffrey Vandersay

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