Sri Lanka has been hit by massive blows as their key bowlers have not been fit ahead of the upcoming tournament Asia Cup 2023. But just one day before the beginning of the tournament, Sri Lanka announced their 15-member squad for the Asia Cup.
Wanindu Hasaranga, the key bowler for Sri Lanka will miss their year’s Asia Cup due to injury, while Lahiru Madushanka, Dushmantha Chameera, and Lahiru Kumara will also not participate in the upcoming continental tournament.
According to a statement from Sri Lankan Cricket, Kusal Perera is returning after a break of two years to the ODI squad and is still healing from flu and will join the squad once he recuperates.
Sri Lanka squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanaka, Kusal Mendis (vc), Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Janith Perera, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan.
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir (traveling reserve)
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Sanju Samson (traveling reserve)
Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Abdul Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Suliman Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Naim Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Nepal squad: Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud
