COLOMBO: Sri Lanka withdrew an injured player and added five more to their Twenty20 World Cup squad on Friday, making it a contingent 23-strong including reserves.

Sri Lanka Cricket said Pathum Nissanka, Minod Bhanuka, Asen Bandara, Lakshan Sandakan and Ramesh Mendis will join the team that will leave for Oman on Sunday.

Batting all-rounder Lahiru Madushanka was injured during practice and was removed from the squad, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.

The T20 World Cup runs from Oct 17 to Nov 14 in the UAE and Oman.

Revised squad: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrema, Maheesh Theekshana, Pathum Nissanka, Minod Bhanuka, Ashen Bandara, Lakshan Sandakan, Ramesh Mendis.

Reserves: Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, Akila Dananjaya, Pulina Tharanga.

Published in Dawn, October 2nd, 2021