The 2024 ICC T20 World Cup is set to kick-off on 1st June with the USA and the West Indies hosting the tournament. 20 teams will be participating in the tournament and with the kick-off date getting closer, teams have started to release their squad for the same.
The latest team to announce their squad for the World Cup are the winners of the 2014 edition of the tournament, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Squad for the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup
The fairly recently appointed selection committee of Sri Lankan cricket comprising of Chairman Upul Tharanga and members Ajantha Mendis, Indika De Saram, Tharanga Paranavitana and Dilruwan Perera announced the squad for the Sri Lanka’s 2024 T20 World Cup quest on Thursday, May 9.
This is the first time that the current committee of selectors have selected the squad for a such a major tournament for Sri Lanka.
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Full Sri Lanka squad for T20 World Cup
- Wanindu Hasaranga (C)
- Charith Asalanka
- Kusal Mendis
- Pathum Nissanka
- Kamindu Mendis
- Sadeera Samarawickrama
- Angelo Mathews
- Dasun Shanaka
- Dhananjaya de Silva
- Maheesh Theekshana
- Dunith Wellalage
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Nuwan Thusara
- Maheesha Pathirana
- Ashan Madhushanka
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Sri Lanka are placed in Group D alongside the likes of South-Africa, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Nepal. The group promises to be one of the most entertaining and competitive groups of the whole tournament.
In the previous edition of the T20 World Cup which was held in 2022 in Australia, Sri Lanka failed to qualify for the knockouts after they finished fourth in their group, behind the likes of New Zealand, England and Australia, winning just two out of the five teams.
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The aim for the Sri Lankans would be to get past the group stage and make it as far as possible in the knockouts. The team is the perfect mixture with experienced players like current T20 skipper Hasaranga, ODI skipper Kusal Mendis and Test skipper Dhananjaya de Silva part of the squad along with young blood in Maheesha Pathirana and Nuwan Thusara.