Discarded Sri Lanka Test opening batsman Kaushal Silva has been named as the captain of the Sri Lanka Emerging Squad to compete with the visiting South Africa Emerging team in the first four-day match, which starts on 26th July at Chilaw Marians Grounds, Katunayake.
Read : අත් දෙකෙන්ම පන්දු යවන දකුණේ කොල්ලා කමිඳු මෙන්ඩිස් – Powerplay
32-year old Silva last represented Sri Lanka during the Pakistan series in the UAE in 2017 and since then has not been considered for national selection. He made a solid 76 against the Proteas’ in the two-day practice match earlier this month.
Former Sri Lanka U19 and Richmond College skipper Charith Asalanka has been named as the Vice-Captain of the team which include young stars such as top-order batsman Pathum Nissanka, middle-order batsman Sammu Ashan, ambidextrous spinner Kamindu Mendis and fast-bowling all-rounder Chamika Karunarathne.
දැකුම්කළු පිතිකරණයක නිරත වන යොවුන් තරුව පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක – Powerplay
කළුතරින් බිහිවූ තවත් යොවුන් ක්රිකට් තරුවක් තමයි පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක කියන්නේ. වයස අවුරුදු 19න් පහළ ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කළ……..
Experienced campaigners such as left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara and fast bowler Lahiru Gamage have also been named in the playing XI.
SL Emerging Squad for 1st Match – Kaushal Silva (Captain), Madawa Warnapura, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Sammu Ashan, Kamindu Mendis, Manoj Sarathchandra, Chamika Karunarathne, Lahiru Gamage, Dilesh Gunaratne, Malinda Pushpakumara.
Standby – Hasitha Boyagoda, Nisala Tharaka.
Full Schedule
First Four Day Match – 26/27/28/29 July – Chilaw Marians Grounds, Katunayake
Second Four Day Match – 2/3/4/5 August – Mahinda Rajapaksha Stadium, Hambanthota1st One Day Match – 9 August – Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
2nd One Day Match – 11 August – Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
3rd One Day Match – 14 August – SSC Grounds, Colombo
All the action from the Sri Lanka Emerging Squad vs South Africa Emerging Squad will be shown LIVE on ThePapare.com, Dialog Television and Dialog MyTV.
