Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced a 15-man squad for the three Twenty20 Internationals against India, but sans former skipper and slinger Lasith Malinga.
The team's captaincy has been handed over to Thisara Perera while according to sources Malinga has been 'rested' and will be recalled for Sri Lanka's next international assignment.
Sri Lanka will play three T20I matches against India to be played between December 20 to 24..
Sri Lanka T20 Squad: Thisara Perera (Capt), Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Niroshan Dickwella, Asela Gunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dasun Shanaka, Chaturanga de Silva, Sachith Pathirana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep, Vishwa Fernando.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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