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Mithila Abeysekera of Nalanda College will captain the Sri Lanka Youth basketball team at the 17th Asian Games to be held in Kuwait from December 16 to 26.

The Sri Lanka team is drawn in group 'B' along with China, Qatar and Malaysia. Sri Lanka's opening match will be against China on December 16 and will meet Qatar on december 17. They will confront Malaysia on December 18 in the final group match of the tournament.

The Sri Lanka team: Mithila Abeysekera (captain - Nalanda), Anton Fernando (St. Peter's), Thisira Chaturanga (D. S. Senanayake), Pathum Munasinghe (St. Sebastian's), Viraj Gayanga (Prince of Wales), Malaka Samarawickrema (Prince of Wales), Yaswanth Muttettuwagama (S. Thomas'), Shanaka Perera (De Mazenod), Sanjaya de Silva (Dharmasoka), Dilanka Bois (British School), Aveetha Perera (Colombo International School), R. Roshanth (St. Michael's), Brig. U. B. L. Fernando (chef de mission), Noel Cooray (manager), Charles Perera (head coach), T. M. Amath (coach), Buddika Kumudapperuma (referee). C.D.

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