Sports Ministry approves Sri Lanka women’s T20 team for Commonwealth Games

By Susil Premalal

The Sports Ministry has granted approval for the T20 women’s cricket team selected to take part in the Commonwealth Games 2022 from July 30 to August 7 in Birmingham. The 15-member team accompanied by six officials will see Sri Lanka taking on England on July 30, New Zealand on August 2 and South Africa on August (4). The captain of the Sri Lanka team is Chamari Athapaththu.

The Sri Lanka women’s cricket team is as follows:

Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Udeshika Prabodani, Inoka Ranaweera, Anushika Sanjeewani, Nilakshika silva, Achini Kulasooriya, Madhavee Samarawickrama, Malsha Shehani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Ama Kanchana, Suganthika Dasanayaka, Rashmi Silva, Kaveesha Dilhari, Dewmini Gunarathna, Hasini Perera, Hashan Tillakarathna (head coach), Lanka de Silva (Asst. coach), Dumesh Aravinda (Physiotherapist), Kaviranga Perera (Analyst), Nishantha de Silva (Manager), Indrani Mallika (Lady Chaperone)