Strongest Sri Lanka Playing XI For Asia Cup 2022

Sri Lanka is gearing up for Asia Cup 2022. The team will play their opening game of Asia Cup 2022 against Afghanistan. The encounter will take place on August 27 (Saturday) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE. Along with Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Sri Lanka is part of group B in the tournament.

Sri Lanka has announced their squad for Asia Cup 2022. Dasun Shanaka is going to lead the team during the tournament. Sri Lanka has many strong players in its squad and is a powerful team in the tournament. Here we take a glance at Sri Lanka’s best playing XI for Asia Cup 2022.

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Strongest Sri Lanka Playing XI For Asia Cup 2022

Pathum Nissanka

Pathum Nissanka should be the opener for Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2022. The right-handed batsman has shown decent form in 2022 so far. In 11 T20Is, Nissanka has scored 326 runs at an average of 29.63. He has also hit 2 half-centuries. In the last T20I series against Australia, Nissanka scored 66 runs in 3 games.

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Danushka Gunathilaka

Danushka Gunathilaka should be the other opener for Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2022. The left-handed batsman has played 9 T20I games this year and scored 110 runs at an average of 12.22 and strike rate of 123+. In the previous T20I series against Australia, Gunathilaka hit 45 runs in 3 games at a strike rate of 145+.

Charith Asalanka

Charith Asalanka should be the no.3 batsman for Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2022. The left-handed batsman showed good form in the previous T20I series against Australia, scoring 103 runs in 3 games at an average of 34.33. In 2022, Asalanka has played 11 T20I games and scored 226 runs with 1 half-century.

Kusal Mendis (WK)

Kusal Mendis should be the wicketkeeper for Sri Lanka in the playing XI. He should also bat in the middle order. Mendis has shown good form in the shortest format in 2022. In 6 games, he has scored 143 runs at an average of 28.60 with 1 fifty. In the previous T20I series against Australia, the right-handed batsman mustered 43 runs in 3 games.

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Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Bhanuka Rajapaksa should be another middle-order batsman for Sri Lanka. This year, the left-handed batsman played only 3 T20I games in which he scored 30 runs. However, last year, he slammed 180 runs in 11 T20I games at an average of 25.71 and a strike rate of 140+.

Dasun Shanaka (C)

Dasun Shanaka is the skipper of Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2022. He will be a crucial all-rounder for the team. He should bat in the lower order as he is a hard-hitting batsman. The right-handed batsman has slammed 308 runs in 11 T20Is in 2022 at an average of 44.0. He has only picked 1 wicket across 5 innings.

Wanindu Hasaranga

Wanindu Hasaranga should be another all-rounder for the team in Asia Cup 2022. Hasaranga will also be a crucial spinner for the team. In the previous T20I series against Australia, the right-arm spinner hunted 5 wickets in 3 games. In 2022, Hasaranga has picked 10 wickets in 5 games at an average of 16.40.

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Maheesh Theekshana

Maheesh Theekshana should be another spinner for the team in Asia Cup 2022. The right-arm spinner has played 18 T20Is so far for Sri Lanka and picked 16 wickets at an average of 27.37. He also owns a great economy of just 6.44. In 2022, the off-spinner has picked 7 wickets in 8 games at an average of 29.71.

Praveen Jayawickrama

Praveen Jayawickrama should be another spinner for the team in the playing XI during Asia Cup 2022. The left-arm spinner has only played 5 T20I games so far for Sri Lanka. He has picked 2 wickets at an average of 59.0. He owns an economy of 8.96.

Chamika Karunaratne

Chamika Karunaratne should be one of the pacers for the team. The right-arm pacer has played 25 T20Is so far for Sri Lanka and picked 11 wickets at an average of 46.63 and an economy of 7.79. In 2022, Karunaratne has picked 4 wickets in 10 games at an economy of 7.92.

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Nuwan Thushara

Nuwan Thushara should be another pacer for Sri Lanka in the tournament. The right-arm pacer has played 4 T20I games so far and picked 2 wickets at an average of 44.50. He owns an economy of 9.70. In the absence of Dushmantha Chameera, Thushara will be a good choice of the pacer in the playing XI.

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