{"id":126952,"date":"2023-12-17T17:40:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T17:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=126952"},"modified":"2023-12-17T17:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T17:40:56","slug":"three-cricket-captains-for-sri-lanka-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/three-cricket-captains-for-sri-lanka-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Cricket Captains for Sri Lanka?-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Three Cricket Captains for Sri Lanka?-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88737 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Michael-Roberts-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Roberts\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/12\/17\/three-cricket-captains-for-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>News Item in the\u00a0<em>Daily Mirror,<\/em>\u00a016 December 2023 \u2026.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking-news\/De-Silva-Mendis-and-Hasaranga-to-appoint-as-Test-ODI-and-T20-captains\/108-273379\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking-news\/De-Silva-Mendis-and-Hasaranga-to-appoint-as-Test-ODI-and-T20-captains\/108-273379<\/a><\/strong>The newly appointed selection committee of Sri Lanka Cricket led by Upul Tharanga, reportedly decided to change the leadership roles for the Sri Lanka Test, ODI and<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/12\/17\/three-cricket-captains-for-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/THREE-SL-Skippers.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row ng-scope\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-9 inleft\">\n<header id=\"imgDiv\" class=\"inner-content\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">T20 teams.As per reports, Dhananjaya de Silva is slated to take on the role of Test captain, with Kusal Mendis assuming the position of vice-captain.For the ODI team, Kusal Mendis is set to be the captain, and Charith Asalanka will serve as the vice-captain. In the T20 format, Wanindu Hasaranga is to be appointed as the captain, with Charith Asalanka named as the vice-captain.<\/span><\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The final decisions regarding the Sri Lanka squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe tournament in January will be deliberated in the next meeting of the selection committee, scheduled for next Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is reported that the committee will also make the conclusive decision on the captaincy roles for the respective formats during this crucial meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">****\u00a0 \u00a0****<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>PS: A Partisan Thuppahi Thought, 17 December 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Hmmm: heavily weighted towards the Southern Province via Richmond College? \u2026. Hurrah.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>BIO-DATA from ESPNcricinfo<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Andrew Fidel Fernando on Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga,\u00a0<em>who was born in Galle in 1997 and educated at Richmond College<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A bruising lower-middle order batsman, and an aggressive legbreak bowler, Wanidu Hasaranga graduated from a strong Richmond College outfit, had a fine run in Sri Lanka\u2019s 2015 and 2016 Under-19 teams, and has made a promising start to his domestic cricket career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Though it was his bowling that largely impressed at the Under-19 level \u2013 he claimed a particularly impactful 3 for 34 in the 2016 Youth World Cup quarter-final against England \u2013 batting was Hasaranga\u2019s stronger suit in his first two seasons of senior cricket. Hasaranga made a rapid 87 on first-class debut with Ports Authority Cricket Club, and, having switched to Colombo Cricket Club, hit 586 runs at an average of 39.06 and a strike rate of 93 in the 2017 Premier League Tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/12\/17\/three-cricket-captains-for-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HASARANGA-11.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When this first-class runs tally was followed by a stretch of good bowling form in List A domestic tournaments, Hasaranga piqued the national selectors\u2019 interest. He was chosen in Sri Lanka\u2019s squad for the first two one-dayers against Zimbabwe in June 2017, with his fielding also cited as a reason for his selection. And what a debut it subsequently was; he became the third debutant in ODI history to claim a hat-trick when he wiped out Zimbabwe\u2019s tail with the 14th, 15th and 16th deliveries of his international career. \u2026\u2026\u00a0<em>\u00a0<b>Andrew Fidel Fernando<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Andrew Fidel Fernando on Dhananjaya De Silva \u2026<em>\u00a0b. in Hambantota in 1991 and educated at Mahanama in C\u2019bo &amp; Richmond in Galle<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ci-player-bio-content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A technically correct top-order batsman from the southern reaches of the island, Dhananjaya de Silva briefly caught the national selectors\u2019 eye in 2015, then went on to have a bumper domestic season that marked him out for more intensive national duty. De Silva had been picked on potential in Sri Lanka\u2019s mid-year T20s against Pakistan, in 2015, but didn\u2019t quite convince he was a T20 batsman, hitting 45 off 47 balls across two innings. What followed, though, was an emphatic blooming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-77999\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?resize=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"77999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/12\/17\/three-cricket-captains-for-sri-lanka\/attachment\/367948\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?fit=1280%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"367948\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/367948.webp?fit=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0De Silva first topped the batting charts in the Super T20 Provincial Tournament in early 2016, hitting 234 runs at a strike rate of 133, in six innings. Months later, he was the star of Tamil Union\u2019s first victorious first-class campaign in 55 years, hitting 868 runs at 54.20, which featured a crucial fourth-innings 121 in the match that clinched his team the title. Incredibly, though usually employed as a part-time offspinner, de Silva was also his club\u2019s most successful bowler that season, claiming 32 wickets at 14.23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Those numbers helped earn him his first call-up to Sri Lanka\u2019s Test squad \u2013 for the England tour in May and June 2016\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<em><strong>Andrew Fernando, May 2016\u00a0\u2026\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/cricketers\/dhananjaya-de-silva-465793\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/cricketers\/dhananjaya-de-silva-465793<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-bottom-0 ds-w-full ds-flex ds-flex-1 ds-justify-center ds-items-end\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>was born in Elpitiya in 1997 and educated at Richmond College in Galle, where he served as capatin at one point \u2026. mainly a left-handed batsman and also an occasional spin-bowler.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CHARITH-ASALANKA.webp?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-77996\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CHARITH-ASALANKA.webp?resize=209%2C139&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CHARITH-ASALANKA.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CHARITH-ASALANKA.webp?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CHARITH-ASALANKA.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CHARITH-ASALANKA.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"139\" data-attachment-id=\"77996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/12\/17\/three-cricket-captains-for-sri-lanka\/charith-asalanka-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CHARITH-ASALANKA.webp?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CHARITH ASALANKA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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\u2026.\u00a0https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking-news\/De-Silva-Mendis-and-Hasaranga-to-appoint-as-Test-ODI-and-T20-captains\/108-273379The newly appointed selection committee of Sri Lanka Cricket led by Upul Tharanga, reportedly decided to change the leadership roles for the Sri Lanka Test, ODI and T20 teams.As per reports, Dhananjaya de Silva is slated to take on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":126953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,42710],"tags":[35247,58835,874,8998],"class_list":{"0":"post-126952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-michael-roberts","9":"tag-charith-asalanka","10":"tag-dhananjaya-de-silv","11":"tag-kusal-mendis","12":"tag-wanindu-hasaranga","13":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast 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