COLOMBO: Sri Lanka quick bowler Lasith Malinga has recouped from a knee damage and will lead the protecting champions at one month from now's World Twenty20 in India, the nation's cricket board said on Thursday. Consistent T20 chief Malinga maintained the harm amid Sri Lanka's home arrangement against West Indies a year ago and missed the group's voyage through New Zealand and India, where Dinesh Chandimal assigned as captain. Additionally coming back to the 15-man squad, which will likewise participate in the up and coming Asia Cup competition before the March 8-April 3 World Twenty20, was all-rounder Angelo Mathews. Malinga and Mathews, who was experiencing a crotch strain, missed their late three-match T20 arrangement in India. Experienced seamer Nuwan Kulasekara and wily left-arm spinner Rangana Herath were additionally named in the squad in the wake of missing the arrangement against India, whom Sri Lanka vanquished in the last to win the World Twenty20 in 2014. Sri Lanka are in Group 1 in the Super 10 phase of the biennial occasion alongside England, South Africa, West Indies and a yet-to-be-resolved qualifier.
Squad: Lasith Malinga (chief), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Niroshan Dickwella, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milinda Siriwardana, Dasun Shanaka, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dushmantha Chameera, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Rangana Herath, Jeffrey Vandersay.
Friday, 19 February 2016
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