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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced their men’s squad for the upcoming T20I and ODI series against India, scheduled to take place across s♛ix different venues in India from January 3 to 💝January 15.
Dasun Shanaka will continue to lead the team, while Chamika Karunaratne and Avishka Fernando are among the recalled players.
Meanwhile, Nuwanidu Fernando has received his maiden ODI call-up after a string of fine performances in the domestic tournam🌊ents and the 2022 Lanka Premier League (LPL). The right-handed batter averages over 40 in 31 First Class matches, scoring 1771 runs with the help of six hundreds and seven half-centuries.
Fast bowler Chamika Karunaratne, who was controversially dropped from his national team for the ODI series against Afghanistan, performed brilliantly in thℱe recently-concluded LPL while playing for Kandy Falcons and has made his return in both ODI and T20I squads.
On the upcoming tour of India, Sri Lanka will first play a three-match T20I leg, followed by as many ODIs. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced th𓃲eir limited-overs squads ❀on Tuesday, December 27.
Sri Lanka T20I squad:
Dasun Shanaka🦩 (c), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kusal Mendis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga (vc), Ashen Bandara, Maheesh Theekshana, Chamika Karu🥀naratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha, Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Thushara.
Sri Lanka ODI squad:
Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kusal Mendis (vc), Charith As🔴alanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashen Bandara, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwanidu Fernando, Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Lahiru ♏Kumara.
