WT20: Angelo Mathews to captain Sri Lanka, Malinga also in

08 March,2016 07:25 PM IST |   |  PTI

All-rounder Angelo Mathews today replaced Lasith Malinga as captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team for the ICC World Twenty20 in India but the injury-ravaged pacer managed to retain his place in the side


Colombo: All-rounder Angelo Mathews today replaced Lasith Malinga as captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team for the ICC World Twenty20 in India but the injury-ravaged pacer managed to retain his place in the side.

The team was picked by the new selection committee -- headed by the former skipper Aravinda de Silva which also includes Kumar Sangakkara.


Angelo Mathews

Malinga was asked by the management to resign as captain after a spate of injuries which relegated him to a non-playing captain.

The pacer eventually stepped down yesterday owing to slow recovery from a knee injury, which forced him to miss most of the recent Asia Cup. Ironically, it was Malinga who was captain when Sri Lanka won the last World T20 held in Bangladesh in 2014.

Fast bowler Suranga Lakmal returned to the side along with the left-handed batsman, Lahiru Thirmanna. Both were not part of the recent Asia Cup when Sri Lanka were beaten by India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Their only win coming against associate team the UAE. Sri Lanka squad: Angelo Mathews (Captain), Dinesh Chandimal (Vice Captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanna, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milinda Siriwardena, Chamara Kapugedara, Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekera, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Sachithra Senanayake and Lasith Malinga.

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