Sri Lanka announced the team for the limited overs series against India. In Kusal Perera’s absence, Dasun Shanaka will captain the team while Dhananjay de Silva is the vice-captain. Shanaka is the 10th player to captain the team in the last 4 years. Perera has been ruled out of the limited overs series against India due to a shoulder injury.
The wicket-keeper batsman suffered a right shoulder injury during training. Bowler Binura Fernando, who sustained an injury on July 15 during training, will also not be part of the ODI series against India. Perera was Sri Lanka’s first choice as a wicketkeeper.
Sri Lanka team Squad
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 squad for the 3-match ODI series & the 3-match T20I series against India 🇮🇳 – https://t.co/qVd9nJxpau#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/9gqEGVlM79
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Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dhananjay de Silva (vice-captain), Avishka Fernando, Pathum Nisanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Minod Bhanuka, Lahiru Udara, Vanindu Hasaranga, Ashen Bandara, Ramesh Mendis, Dhananjay Lakshan, Praveen Jayavikrama, Lakshnakila Sandakan, Lahiru Kumara, Dusmantha Chamira, Kasun Rajita, Asita Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Binura Fernando (T20 only), Shiran Fernando, Ishan Jayaratne.
ODI and T20 series schedule
The first match of the ODI series (IND vs SL Schedule) will be played on 18th and the second match will be played on 20th July. The third and final ODI will be held on 23 July. The first match of the T20 series will be played on 25 July, the second match on 27 July and the third match on 29 July.
India team squad
Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gautam, Krunal Pandya , Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakaria.