Niroshan Dickwella will lead the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI squad consisting of 15 members, which will play a 50-over game against the touring Bangladesh team before the tourists take on the Sri Lanka national team in a 3-match ODI series.
The warm-up match which is to be played on the 23rd (Tuesday) of this month will be played at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo, 3 days before the main series begins.
Sri Lanka pick preliminary squad for Bangladesh series
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced a 22-member squad for their upcoming three-match ODI series…
Ten players in the 22-man Sri Lanka ODI squad including Dickwella have been named in this squad while Oshada Fernando and Angelo Perera, who were part of the Sri Lankan pool which took wing to England for the World Cup and were dropped from the ODI squad to face Bangladesh, are also included.
All-rounder Ramesh Mendis, who had a successful outing with the Sri Lanka Emerging squad in South Africa has been named along with Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Vishwa Fernando, two players who excelled for Sri Lanka ‘A’ in India, to complete the 15.
Sri Lanka Board President’s XI squad
Niroshan Dickwella (C), Danushka Gunathilaka, Oshada Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Angelo Perera, Shehan Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Lahiru Madushanka, Wanindu De Silva, Akila Dananjaya, Amila Aponso, Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha
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