Pathum Nissanka, Minod Bhanuka, Ashen Bandara, Lakshan Sandakan, and Ramesh Mendis have been included in the Sri Lankan squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. with Lakshan and Pathum being the five players in the T20 World Cup squad.
South Africa faced :-
While Lahiru Madushanka has been left out of the original squad after failing to recover in a timely manner to a collarbone fracture. He faced South Africa.
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Also, Sri Lanka’s tour takes the squad to 23 players, including four reserves, although they hardly add any weight in terms of an international feel.
Laksh Sandakan has 20 T20 caps to his name, while the other four have only 15 combined caps. It is also not predictable that either of them will make it to Sri Lanka’s favorite starting XI, although they do add the much-needed injury cover.
Lakshan and Pathum included in T20 WC squad among five SL players
The team will have four narrator spinners :-
The inclusion of Lakshan Sandakan. Who was ruled out of Sri Lanka’s recent home series against the South means? There will be four narrative spinners in the team, along with W. Hasaranga, Mahesh Thekshana, and Praveen Jayavikrama.
In the highly-rated Nissanka, Sri Lanka has a predictable future star with a resultant home record – their century on their Test debut in the West Indies has only supported their standing.
However, he is yet to suffer in the shorter formats of the game. That said, he made some promising starts in the recently concluded SLC T20 invitation, including an unbeaten 76 off 54 balls.
Bandara, meanwhile, had a surprise win in Sri Lanka’s tour of the West Indies earlier this year and is well-known for being a livewire in the region.
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Did Nothing for the national team :-
However, apart from an unbeaten half-century in the loss against West Indies. He has done little for the national team, being dropped for the SA series. After a mediocre performance against a weak India.
Similarly, both Minod Bhanuka and Ramesh Mendis have made little impact in limited outings for the national team.
Sri Lanka began their World Cup sequence with qualifiers against Namibia, Ireland, and the Netherlands. They will also play two T20Is against Oman on 7 and 9 October. The team will fly to Oman on October 3.
