Sri Lanka title Charith Asalanka as stand-in skipper for

Charith Asalanka has been named as Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain for the primary two Bangladesh T20Is within the absence in their common skipper Wanindu Hasaranga who’s serving a two-game ban. 

In keeping with the World Cricket Council (ICC), any participant who reaches 4 or extra demerit issues inside a two-year length will reshape issues right into a suspension.

The incident happened on the Rangiti Dambulla World Stadium when Hasaranga approached and squeezed out grievance referring to a full-toss choice that used to be now not given.

With recognize to the squad that will probably be at the flight to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka have recalled Jeffrey Vandersay who final sport a global T20I sport again in February 2022. The wrist-spinner has performed 14 T20Is having bagged seven wickets. Pathum Nissanka, who remains to be getting better from a hamstring damage he sustained all through the sequence in opposition to Afghanistan is out and has been changed via Avishka Fernando. 

Fernando comes into the squad at the again of 2 fifty-plus ratings in his final 3 world video games. The outlet batter final performed a T20I sport in January 2023 in opposition to India in Rajkot. 

Sri Lanka had been on a red patch after a disappointing ODI International Cup in India. The Island Country beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in each ODIs in addition to T20Is. After Afghanistan flew to Sri Lanka for a multi-format sequence, they had been taken down within the one-off Take a look at and had been whitewashed within the ODIs. Additionally they gained the T20Is 2-1 after taking the primary two video games and can glance to proceed the nice run after they go back and forth to Bangladesh subsequent month. 

Time table for BAN-SL T20Is:

1st T20I: 4 March, Sylhet
2d T20I: 6 March, Sylhet
third T20I: 9 March, Sylhet

Sri Lanka squad: Wanindu Hasaranga (C, third T20I), Charith Asalanka (C, first two T20Is), Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Janith Perera, Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay.

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