The Cricket Selection Committee selected the following 15-member Sri Lanka squad to take part in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
The squad was approved by the Honorable Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Harin Fernando. The team will depart for the World Cup on May 14, 2024. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be held in the West Indies and USA from June 1 to 29th.
The squad
1) Wanindu Hasaranga – Captain
2) Charith Asalanka – Vice Captain
3) Kusal Mendis
4) Pathum Nissanka
5) Kamindu Mendis
6) Sadeera Samarawickrama
7) Angelo Mathews
8) Dasun Shanaka
9) Dhananjaya De Silva
10) Maheesh Theekshana
11) Dunith Wellalage
12) Dushmantha Chameera
13) Nuwan Thushara
14) Matheesha Pathirana
15) Dilshan Madushanka
Travelling Reserves
1. Asitha Fernando
2. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
3. Bhanuka Rajapaksa
4. Janith Liyanage
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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