Sri Lanka make two changes for tri-nation
Sri Lanka's cricket selectors on Sunday made two changes to their
Champions Trophy squad for a triangular one-day series in the West
Indies starting this week.
Batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is out with with a calf injury suffered
in Thursday's Champions Trophy semi-final defeat to India, while
all-rounder Thisara Perera was dropped from the 15-member squad to play
against India and the West Indies.
Sri Lanka Cricket said Dilshan would take four to six weeks to
recover, and called up Upul Tharanga as his replacement. Twenty20
specialist Ajantha Mendis took Perera's slot.
The tri-nations series begins at Kingston, Jamaica on Friday.
Sri Lankan squad: Angelo Mathews (captain), Dinesh Chandimal
(vice-captain), Kusal Janith, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela
Jayawardene, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Shaminda
Eranga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dilhara Lokuhetti, Rangana Herath, Sachithra
Senanayake and Ajantha Mendis.
AFP
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