Cricket: Nipun Dananjaya retained SL U-19 skipper four Youth ODIs

Nipun Dananjaya of St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa has been retained the captain of the Sri Lanka Under-19s for the Youth One Day Internationals against India Under-19s. 

The five-match series began on Monday (30) and will continue until August 10 at three different venues in and around Colombo. 

Sri Lanka Under-19s: Nipun Dananjaya Perera (Captain/St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa),  Pasindu Sanjula Sooriyabandara (Royal College Colombo), Nuwanindu Keshawa Fernando (St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa), Navod Dinushree Paranavithana (Mahinda College Galle), Nishan Mathushka Fernando (Moratu Vidyalaya), Lakshitha Rasanjana Manasinghe (Nalanda College Colombo), Dunith Nethmika Wellalage (St. Joseph’s College Colombo), Sandun Tharaka Mendis (Richmond College Galle), Avishka Lakshan (Kalutara Vidyalaya), Shashika Dulshan (St. Servatius College Matara), Nawodya Imesh Vijayakumara (St. Anthony’s College Katugastota), Kalana Vichithra Perera (S. Thomas College), Nipun Malinga (Mahinda College Galle), Ruvin Chandisa Peiris (Trinity College Kandy), Navin Nirmal Fernando (Maris Stella College Negombo)

Standbys: Kamil Mishara (Royal College Colombo), Sonal Dinusha (Mahanama College Colombo), Muditha Lakshan (D.S. Senanayake College Colombo), Vijayakanth Viyaskanth (Jaffna Central), Chihan Kalindu (St. Servatius College Matara)

Match schedule  

1st Youth ODI at P. Sara Oval in Colombo on July 30

2nd Youth ODI at SSC in Colombo on August 2

3rd Youth ODI at SSC in Colombo on August 5

4th Youth ODI at De Zoysa Park in Moratuwa on August 7

5th Youth ODI at De Zoysa Park in Moratuwa on August 10