Sri Lanka have named a squad largely unchanged from the one which toured New Zealand in January this yr for the 2 ODIs towards Australia at dwelling later this week. The one change is that seam-bowling allrounder Chamindu Wickramasinghe is out because the squad has been trimmed from 17 for that New Zealand sequence to 16.
From Sri Lanka’s viewpoint, there isn’t any actual context to the sequence, since they didn’t make the minimize for the upcoming Champions Trophy. However the two video games are vital for Australia, who will go straight to Pakistan for the eight-team event after these video games.
Sri Lanka put on a strong look, protecting in thoughts the venue for the video games, R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Lots of spin – and spinners with totally different expertise – headlines the bowling continent: Canaan is just not, Maheesh theekshana, Dunith Wellalage and Jeffrey Vandersay are the frontmen there, with Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Eshan Malinga and Mohamed Shiraz the principle quick bowlers, although what number of of them shall be required to play is anyone’s guess.
Sri Lanka squad for ODIs towards Australia
Charith Asalanka (CAPT), Nishan Madushka, Nuwanidu Fernando, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (WK), Pathum Nissanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mandis, Assistha Fernando A, Eshan Malinga, Mohammed Shiraz, Maheesh theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay , Dunith welllage
