Sri Lanka Cricket has introduced the squad for the upcoming T20I sequence at residence in opposition to Australia, beginning June 7. Legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga and wicketkeeper-batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa made a return to the squad. Hasaranga missed the tour of India earlier this 12 months as a consequence of Covid-19 whereas Rajapaksa was disregarded as a consequence of health points. The latter had introduced retirement from worldwide cricket earlier this 12 months however quickly took it again after discussions with SLC.
Each these gamers are coming off an excellent efficiency within the not too long ago concluded IPL. Hasaranga picked up 26 wickets for Royal Challengers Bangalore as he completed because the second-highest wicket-taker of the match. His type was instrumental in RCB making it to the playoffs for the third consecutive time. Alternatively, the left-handed batter of Sri Lanka, Rajapaksa scored 206 runs in 9 innings at a median of twenty-two.88.
Hasaranga performed in opposition to Australia in February the place he picked up 5 wickets in two matches earlier than he missed out on the sequence in opposition to India. Rajapaksa replaces Dinesh Chandimal as he had an bizarre outing in each Australia and India sequence earlier this 12 months.
Together with Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva and Lahiru Kumara have additionally been dropped. Gamers like Niroshan Dickwella and leggie Jeffrey Vandersay have been picked as stand-by gamers for the sequence. Rajapaksa is making a comeback in T20Is after his final match in opposition to West Indies within the UAE within the 2021 Males’s T20 World Cup. The Underneath-19 tempo sensation Matheesha Pathirana bought a maiden call-up to this sequence after his spectacular outing on this 12 months’s IPL for Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK).
Sri Lanka and Australia are additionally set to lock horns in 5 ODIs and two Check matches because the tour concludes on July 12.
Sri Lanka’s squad for the sequence:
Dasun Shanaka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Nuwanidu Fernando, Lahiru Madushanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Ramesh Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Praveen Jayawickrama, Lakshan Sandakan
