Media Release from Sri Lanka Cricket. 26th January, 2022
Sri Lanka Tour of Australia 2022: Sri Lanka Cricket’s Selection Committee selected the following squad to take part in the ‘Sri Lanka Tour of Australia 2022.’ The Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa approved the squad [listed below]
Sri Lanka National Team will play 05 T20Is during the tour. The matches will be played across three venues, the SCG, Manuka Oval, and MCG, starting from 11th February 2022.
Sri Lanka’s cricket team player Dasun Shanaka (C) is seen after a Buddhist ceremony in Colombo on September 11, 2018, prior to the team’s departure for Dubai to participate in the Asia Cup Tournament from September 15 till September 28. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)
The Squad
Dasun Shanaka – Captain
Charith Asalanka – Vice-Captain
Avishka Fernando
Pathum Nissanka
Danushka Gunathilaka
Kusal Mendis
Dinesh Chandimal
Chamika Karunaratne
Janith Liyanage
Kamil Mishara
Ramesh Mendis
Wanindu Hasaranga
Lahiru Kumara
Nuwan Thushara
Dushmantha Chameera
Binura Fernando
Maheesh Theekshana
Jeffrey Vandersay
Praveen Jayawickrama
Shiran Fernando –
Subject to Ministerial Approval
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Charith lofting and Dasun celebrating a wicket
