Sri Lanka name World Cup squad

Dimuth Karunaratne will lead the squad which sees several regulars omitted and some old faces return to the fold

Sri Lanka have named their 15-man World Cup squad with the experienced Dinesh Chandimal missing out. The former captain has played in 146 ODIs for his country, amassing 3,599 runs in that time.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella, spinner Akila Dananjaya and batsmen Danushka Gunathilaka and Upul Tharanga also miss out.

The team will be captained by Dimuth Karunaratne. The 30-year-old has not played a one-day-international since March 2015 and averages just 15.83 with the bat.

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Milinda Siriwardana, Jeffrey Vandersay are included despite not having played in ODIs since 2017 while 36-year-old Jeevan Mendis - who has not featured since 2015 - also makes a return to the squad.

Sri Lanka start their World Cup campaign against New Zealand at Cardiff on June 1.

Squad

Dimuth Karunaratne*, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Isuru Udana, Milinda Siriwardana, Avishka Fernando, Jeevan Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal