NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka on Friday appointed Dasun Shanaka as captain of their preliminary 25-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, bringing an finish to Charith Asalanka’s stint as chief. The choice was confirmed by Pramodaya Wickramasingha, who has returned as chairman of selectors. He defined that Asalanka’s latest struggles with the bat and Shanaka’s expertise of that includes in three earlier World Cups influenced the decision.Asalanka had already been underneath scrutiny after pulling out of final month’s white-ball tour of Pakistan, citing security considerations following a suicide bomb blast in Islamabad that claimed 9 lives.

“Shanaka’s position can be of an all-rounder. Once I stopped being a selector Shanaka was the captain. Charith (Asalanka) was in our long run plans then,” Wickramasingha stated.Sri Lanka have been drawn alongside Australia, Eire, Zimbabwe and Oman within the event, which begins on February 7.Wickramasingha added that easing Asalanka of the captaincy was mandatory forward of house collection towards Pakistan and England, though the left-hander stays a part of the squad purely as a batter.“We hope he’ll regain his batting kind. In session with Sanath Jayasuriya (the top coach) we determined it was not the time to make too many adjustments. So we determined to go along with the identical squad,” he stated.On the recall of Niroshan Dickwella, Wickramasingha stated a number of roles had been mentioned: “as an opener, a reserve wicket keeper or perhaps a center order batter.”He additionally harassed that the teaching workers would have higher accountability going ahead.“We may have targets for health for instance. I’ll maintain the coach accountable if the gamers weren’t capable of meet the required health stage,” he stated.Sri Lanka Squad: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Janith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Milan Rathnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth and Traveen Mathew.