Nipun Dhananjaya and Dinura Kalupahana to lead Sri Lanka Emerging Teams against West Indies

West Indies Emerging tour of Sri Lanka 2026

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West Indies Emerging tour of Sri Lanka 2026

The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has announced Sri Lanka Emerging One Day & Four Day squads for the upcoming red-ball and white-ball series against West Indies Emerging Team.

The left-handed top order batter Nipun Dhananjaya will lead the One Day squad while seaming all-rounder Dinura Kalupahana will lead the Four Day squad.

The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three one-day games during the bilateral contest.

The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game at MRICS, Hambantota, while the second four-day game will start on the 15th of June at the same venue.

One-day games will be played on the 22nd, 24th, and 26th of June.

The first two one-day games will be played at the SSC, and the final at the NCC.

One Day Four Day
1.     Pulindu Perera

2.     Vishen Halambage

3.     Sineth Jayawardena (V/C)

4.     Nipun Dhananjaya (C)

5.     Sharujan Shanmuganathan (WK)

6.     Kavija Gamage

7.     Dinura Kalupahana

8.     Ranesh Silva (WK)

9.     Chamika Heenatigala

10.  Traveen Mathew

11.  Raveen de Silva

12.  Mihiranga Silva

13.  Kugathas Mathulan

14.  Inuka Karannagoda

15.  Akmal Fazly

1.     Pulindu Perera

2.     Ravindu Rasantha

3.     Asitha Wanninayake

4.     Sahan Kosala

5.     Sharujan Shanmuganathan (V/C and WK)

6.     Anjala Bandara (WK)

7.     Dinura Kalupahana (C)

8.     Chamika Heenatigala

9.     Tharinda Nirmal

10.  Shakthi Udara

11.  Chamod Battage

12.  Mihiranga Silva

13.  Nisala Abeyratne

14.  Raveen de Silva

15.  Akmal Fazly