Sri Lanka Under 19 Set Off For Asia Cup

The Sri Lanka U19 squad for the Asia Cup will be leaving the island. The team will be the same as the one played against England.

Though meant to be the same 18 member squad, Lahiru Abeysinghe will unfortunately miss out due to a sudden injury and there is no replacement for him. The players were restricted in a bubble.

The Sri Lanka Under 19 Squad-

1.) Dunith Wellalage (St. Josephs’ College, Colombo) (Captain)

2.) Raveen De Silva (Nalanda College, Colombo) (Vice Captain)

3.) Sadeesha Jayawardene (St. Josephs’ College, Colombo)

4.) Pawan Pathiraja (Trinity College, Kandy)

5.) Chamindu Wickramasinghe (St.Anthony’s College, Kandy)

6.) Vinuja Ranpul (Nalanda College, Colombo)

7.) Sadisha Rajapaksa (Royal College, Colombo)

8.) Shevon Daniel (St. Josephs’ College, Colombo)

9.) Ranuda Somaratne (Trinity College, Kandy)

10.) Malsha Tharupathi (Madampe MMV, Madampe)

11.) Wanuja Sahan (St. Peter’s College, Colombo)

12.) Anjala Bandara (St.Anthony’s College, Kandy)

13.) Treveen Mathew (St.Anthony’s College, Kandy)

14.) Yasiru Rodrigo (S. Thomas’ College, Mt.Lavinia)

15.) Matheesha Pathirana (Trinity College, Kandy)

16.) Sakuna Liyanage (Lumbini College, Colombo)

17.) Abishek Liyanarachchi (D.S.Senanayake College, Colombo)

The tournament is to be held from the 23rd to the 31st of December. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, UAE, Nepal, Kuwait and Bangladesh will feature in the tournament. Sri Lanka is set to play in Group B.

Match Schedule-

Kuwait – 24th December

Nepal – 26th December

Bangladesh – 28th December