Suranga Lakmal named Sri Lanka’s Test vice-captain

Media Release

Sri Lanka Cricket’s National Selection Panel has appointed Suranga Lakmal as the Vice Captain of the test team touring Bangladesh.

The appointment was ratified by the Minister of Sports Honorable Dayasiri Jayasekara.

The Minister also ratified the 16 member squad, which will take part in the two test match series against Bangladesh.

The first test match will be played from 31^st January to 04^th February at the ZACS, Chittagong, while the 2^nd test match will be played from 08^th to 12^th February, 2018 at SBNCS, Dhaka.

Below, the squad is given…

1. Dinesh Chandimal – Captain
2. Dimuth Karunaratne
3. Angelo Mathews
4. Danushka Gunathilaka
5. Kusal Mendis
6. Dhananjaya de Silva
7. Niroshan Dickwella
8. Roshen Silva
9. Rangana Herath
10. Suranga Lakmal – Vice Captain
11. Dilruwan Perera
12. Dushmantha Chameera
13. Lakshan Sandakan
14. Akila Dananjaya
15. Lahiru Gamage
16. Lahiru Kumara