Sri Lanka drop Niroshan Dickwella, recall Lasith Embuldeniya for Eire Assessments

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A few of the avid gamers who have been a part of Sri Lanka’s most up-to-date Check project, the two-match collection in New Zealand, speedy bowlers Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara had been rested in keeping with information studies, whilst Asitha Fernando, Oshada Fernando and Chamika Karunaratne have additionally been neglected.

With Sri Lanka enjoying at house, the place there’s anticipated to be a better emphasis on spin bowling, left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya has been recalled to the squad. Also known as up is the uncapped legspinner Dushan Hemantha.

Madushka made his debut in Sri Lanka’s most up-to-date Check event in Wellington, the second one in their fresh excursion of New Zealand, changing Dickwella who made 7 and zero within the first Check in Christchurch. Dickwella, who averages 30.97 after 54 Assessments, has handiest as soon as handed 15 in his ultimate 8 Check innings.

Samarawickrama returns to the Check squad after a protracted hole, having performed the ultimate of his 4 Assessments – they all as a consultant batter – in December 2017.

Eire have been first of all scheduled to trip to Sri Lanka for one Check and two ODIs, sooner than the excursion was once expanded to incorporate a 2d Check. Sri Lanka have performed 8 Assessments previously 365 days, and had an opening of over six months between their house collection in opposition to Australia and their excursion to New Zealand, even supposing they had an outdoor probability of constructing the Global Check Championship ultimate at the beginning of that excursion.

Dimuth Karunaratne had expressed his need to step down as Sri Lanka captain after this collection and mentioned as a lot to the selectors however didn’t get a reaction. Karunaratne stays captain for the 2 Assessments in opposition to Eire. The collection isn’t a part of the WTC cycle however will entire Sri Lanka’s scheduled video games in that duration.

Sri Lanka squad for Eire Assessments: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kamindu Mendis, Nishan Madusha (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Dushan Hemantha, Lasith Embuldeniya, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Milan Rathnayake

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