Sri Lanka names a new squad for one-off T20I against India

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Sri Lanka T20 squad: Upul Tharanga (captain), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella, Dilshan Munaweera, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda Siriwardana, Wanidu Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya, Jeffrey Vandersay, Isuru Udana, Seekkuge Prasanna, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal and Vikum Sanjaya. (Photo: AP)

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India on the other hand will field the same squad that played in the five-match ODI series. Only Shikhar Dhawan has gone back home because of his mother’s illness. (Photo: AP)

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Kusal Mendis, whom the team management felt was suffering from mental fatigue, has been rested as well. (Photo: AP)

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While Dushmantha Chameera and Vishwa Fernando have been omitted. (Photo: AP)

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Chamara Kapugedera was injured just ahead of the third ODI and was left out of the T20 sqaud. (Photo: AP)

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Left-arm wristspinner Lakshan Sandakan and leg-spinning all-rounder Seekkuge Prasanna have also been left out. (Photo: AFP)

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Sri Lanka have a creditable T20s record this year. They won both the three-match series against Australia and South Africa, and drew the two-match series against Bangladesh to keep a 5-3 win-loss record. (Photo: AP)

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However, they are yet to win one in the 8 matches (including Tests and ODIs) played in this series against India. (Photo: AP)

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Captain Upul Tharanga, Milinda Siriwardana, Thisara Perera, Angelo Mathews, Lasith Malinga, Niroshan Dickwella, Wanindu Hasaranga and Akila Dananjaya were the eight players retained from the squad announced earlier while seven new players were added. (Photo: AP)

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Prominent among those added were leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay and seam-bowling all-rounder Dasun Shanaka. (Photo: AFP)

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Shanaka has an impressive T20 record against India. In the 4 matches that he has played, he has an average of 8.75 and an economy rate of just 7. His career best is also against India, where he took 3 for 16 to win Sri Lanka the match in Pune last year. (Photo: BCCI)

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Seamers Suranga Lakmal, who has recovered from a back complaint and Isuru Udana have also been named. (Photo: AFP)

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Sri Lanka Cricket had already named a T20 squad on August 15 ahead of the ODI series which India won 5-0 but two days before the one-off T20 match against India, the board released a new team with just eight of the original players in it. (Photo: AP)

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Sri Lanka announced a new 15- member team for the one-off T20 International against India to be played in Colombo on September 6, making at least six changes in the squad named last month. (Photo: AP)

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