ICC World Cup 2019: Sri Lanka full squad, Sri Lanka complete fixtures

No other team has probably taken as much risk in their World Cup squad as much as Sri Lanka has done. They have five players in the World Cup squad who haven’t played ODI cricket in the last two years and to top it off they have selected a captain whose last ODI appearance was in 2015 World Cup.

Sri Lanka’s performance in the recent times hasn’t been impressive by any means so this seems like a tough World Cup for the island nation.

Sri Lanka World Cup 2019 squad:

Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Avishka Fernando, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera (wk), Thisara Perera, Nuwan Pradeep, Dhananjaya de Silva, Milinda Siriwardana, Lahiru Thirimanne, Isuru Udana, Jeffrey Vandersay

Sri Lanka make massive gamble for World Cup 2019

With such severe changes in the squad, it will be interesting to see how Sri Lanka performs in the ICC World Cup 2019. They do have some experience in the form of Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera. However the team is plagued with several issues and the confidence of the unit is low. It will be a major upset if Sri Lanka performs well in the World Cup.

Sri Lanka  World Cup 2019 fixtures 

Match 01

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

June 01, Cardiff

Match 02

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan

June 04, Cardiff

Match 03

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

June 07, Bristol

Match 04

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

June 11, Bristol

Match 05

Sri Lanka vs Australia

June 15, London

Match 06

Sri Lanka vs England

June 21, Leeds

Match 07

Sri Lanka vs South Africa

June 28, Chester-le-Street

Match 08

Sri Lanka vs West Indies

July 01, Chester-le-Street

Match 09

Sri Lanka vs India

July 06, Leeds