Sril Lanka named Akila Dananjaya for ICC World T-20 squad

The 15-man squad includes two uncapped players: batsman Dilshan Munaweera, who plays for Uva Next in the SLPL and offspinner Akila Dananjaya, who represents Wayamba United and has picked up seven wickets in four SLPL games thus far. Munaweera was not part of Sri Lanka's 30-man provisional squad for the tournament.

A fractured finger during the ODI series against India last month had ruled out Kumar Sangakkara for four to six weeks and his selection in the 15 remains subject to his recovery in time for the competition. Likewise with seamer Nuwan Kulasekara, who suffered a groin injury in July.
Shaminda Eranga, the seamer, has also been picked - he played in the only T20 against India in Pallekele earlier this month. Ten out of the 11 players who played that match feature in the squad for the World T20; the name missing is batsman Upul Tharanga, who wasn't picked, though he has scores of 65 not out and 48 in the four matches he's played until now in the SLPL.
The five other players, who didn't play that T20 against India, are Sangakkara, Kulasekara, Munaweera, Dananjaya and Ajantha Mendis.
Sri Lanka play their first warm-up ahead of the World T20 against West Indies on September 13. Their first game of the tournament is against Zimbabwe on September 18.

Sri Lanka squad: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Dilshan Munaweera, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Shaminda Eranga, Akila Dhanajaya.