The Sri Lanka Tuskers will have a new captain going to the Asia Sevens Series 2017 as the experienced campaigner and Havelock SC player Sudarshana Muthuthanthri will take charge as the captain for the sevens outfit.
One of the most versatile players in the national grid, this will be the 26-year-old’s second stint as national sevens skipper having led the side earlier in 2015 for the Asia Sevens Series in the absence of Fazil Marija.
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The newly appointed skipper is famed for his bulldozing runs and aggressive style of play from his schoolboy days when he represented S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia during the years 2009 & 2010 eventually making it to the national sevens outfit in 2012.
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Since then, he has been a regular in the team playing in the squad and is deemed as one of the most experienced players. Muthuthanthri missed out on this year’s Olympic qualifier due to injury and now is back to deliver his services for the country.
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Muthuthanthri provided leadership to the side in 2015 where the team ended up third overall in the series.
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Muthuthanthtri succeeds his counterpart Danushka Ranjan who provided leadership for the side in last year’s series while the current Havelock SC third-row player will have a tremendous task ahead of himself when the team heads to Hong Kong for the first leg that is scheduled to be held on the 1st and 2nd of September 2017.
Sri Lanka is set to field in mixed side consisting of both experience and new talent and should be a formidable force when they take flight for the first leg.
The touring squad is yet to be finalized.
