Sri Lanka Cricket Chief Selector Pramodya Wickramasinghe in a recent TV interview mentioned that the ‘A’ team and Development teams will be the feeder system for the Sri Lanka national team thus each player in the senior team will have shadow players in the back-up teams, prepped and raring to go if the need arises.
With Covid-19 pandemic cancelling all the plans of ‘A’ team cricket and Development cricket for over 15 months, SLC have finally looked beyond the national setup to keep the second and third string teams ready for the future.
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A set of players, selected by the national selectors, did PCR tests on Wednesday and will undergo a fitness test on Thursday. As per reliable sources, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are also in discussions with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to send an ‘A’ team with their limited-overs team in July.
This squad of players, if they get through the necessary tests, will undergo training continuously at the High Performance Center (HPC) at R. Premadasa Stadium under the watchful eyes of the HPC coaches.
Emerging Team Preliminary Training Squad – Ashain Daniel, Amshi De Silva, Chamika Gunasekara, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Janith Liyanage, Lahiru Udara, Kalana Perera, Kalhara Senaratne, Kamil Mishara, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara, Sammu Ashan, Mohammad Shiraz, Nimesh Vimukthi, Nishan Madushka, Nishan Peiris, Nuwanidu Fernando, Pavan Rathnayake, Pramod Maduwantha, Sachindu Colombage, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Shashika Dulshan, Sahan Arachchige, Saminda Fernando, Sangeeth Cooray
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