Colombo: Off-spinner Ashian Daniel is the lone new face in an 18-member Sri Lanka squad for the upcoming three-match T20I sequence in India, the nation’s cricket board stated on Monday. All-rounder Dasun Shanaka was named the captain of the staff that’s largely much like the one which performed Australia in a five-match sequence there.

The guests, although, will likely be with out the companies of batter Avishka Fernando, seamer Nuwan Thushara and spinner Ramesh Mendis because the trio returns house after struggling accidents in the course of the just-concluded tour of Australia, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) stated in a launch. Sri Lanka, who suffered a 1-4 loss to Australia, will start their tour of India with the primary T20I in Lucknow on February 24, with the opposite two matches scheduled in Dharamsala on February 26 and 27.

There was be no room for middle-order batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who has once more been ignored owing to health points, despite the fact that his efficiency has been respectable. Daniel has been rewarded for his wonderful List A type. Daniel’s inclusion is, nonetheless, topic to ministerial approval, the discharge stated. The staff additionally boasts of Pathum Nissanka, who was probably the most profitable batter in Australia, scoring 184 runs.