Sri Lanka on Wednesday named their 15-member squad for the forthcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. The squad might be led by their common skipper and star batter Chamari Athapaththu. They will kickstart their marketing campaign with the event opener towards hosts South Africa on 10 February. Sri Lanka might be with out the companies of Hasini Perera, who has been dominated out of the event resulting from a finger damage. Sathya Sandeepani has been named as her substitute.

Sri Lanka will be part of the T20 World Cup hoping to enhance on their modest report of eight wins in 27 matches. Their solely victory within the 2020 version was a convincing nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh.

They are grouped with South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Bangladesh in Group A of the competitors. The squad will wager on Athapaththu, their most profitable batter in Women’s T20Is, to complete first. Harshitha Samarawickrama bats within the prime order and has not too long ago scored a match-winning 81 from 69 towards Thailand within the Asia Cup 2022.

Anushka Sanjeewani, a wicketkeeper-batter, has additionally appeared as an opener, although she has not too long ago been assigned the job of a floater. The center order will embrace Nilakshi de Silva and Kavisha Dilhari.

Dilhari can also be a succesful off-spinner, having taken 16 T20I wickets. Oshadi Ranasinghe, one other veteran all-rounder, took 23 wickets at a mean of 15.56 final 12 months.

In South Africa, Sri Lanka will rely largely on its spinners. Slow left-arm orthodox spinners Inoka Ranaweera and Sugandika Kumari will kind the spine of their assault. Ranaweera is the second-most profitable Sri Lankan bowler in Women’s T20Is, with 68 wickets.

Sri Lanka might be with out Hasini Perera, who was dominated out of the occasion after sustaining a finger damage throughout practise. Her substitute has been named Sathya Sandeepani.

Pace bowlers Tharika Sewwandi, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, and Sandeepani are amongst those that may be referred to as upon all through the marketing campaign.

Vishmi Gunaratne, who captained Sri Lanka within the current ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup, can also be on the squad. With 134 runs at a mean of 44.66, the participant was Sri Lanka’s greatest batsman within the U19 World Cup.

Squad: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kaushini Nuthyangana, Malsha Shehani, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Vishmi Gunaratne, Tharika Sewwandi, Ama Kanchana and Sathya Sandeepani.

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