Sri Lanka World Cup Squad 2023, Players List, Schedule, Team List

Sri Lanka World Cup Squad 2023, Players List, Schedule, Team List. Sri Lanka will commence their journey in ICC World Cup 2023 with an encounter against South Africa on October 7. Sri Lanka is one of the 10 teams part of ICC World Cup 2023.

ICC World Cup 2023 begins on October 5 in India. A total of 10 teams are part of the tournament. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, and the Netherlands will clash with each other during the tournament.

Following a round-robin format, each team will face the other team once during the league stage. A total of 48 matches will take place during the tournament. The final takes place on November 17 and will reveal the ODI champions.

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Hence, like every other team, Sri Lanka will play a total of 9 games in ICC WC 2023 before the semi-finals. Their first match is against South Africa. Their last league match is against New Zealand on November 9.

Sri Lanka failed to reach the semi-final in the previous edition of the ODI World Cup in 2019. The team has undergone significant changes in the ODI squad and there are many new members in the Sri Lanka team.

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Dasun Shanaka is the current ODI skipper of Sri Lanka and will lead the team in the ICC World Cup 2023. Sri Lanka did not get a direct qualification for the tournament. The Asian giant had to play the qualifiers to reach the tournament.

However, Sri Lanka showed an amazing form in the qualifiers tournament. They won the final by crushing the Netherlands. During the campaign, Sri Lanka did not lose a single match.

Sri Lanka won the ODI World Cup title once in the 1996 edition. Under then-skipper Arjun Ranatunga, Sri Lanka outplayed Australia in the final to grab the trophy for the first time. Sri Lanka has reached the finals and semi-finals of the tournament on multiple occasions.

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Sri Lanka World Cup Schedule

Sri Lanka World Cup Squad 2023

Sri Lanka is yet to announce their squad for the World Cup. September 28 is the deadline to submit the squad to ICC. Hence, Sri Lanka is expected to announce their squad next month.

Sri Lanka has also not announced their squad for Asia Cup 2023 yet. Sri Lanka named a powerful squad during World Cup qualifiers that remained unbeaten in the tournament.

Hence, those players might be part of WC as well. Dasun Shanaka is the ODI skipper and will lead the team in the World Cup. Below we take a glance at Sri Lanka’s predicted squad for ICC WC 2023.

Sri Lanka predicted squad: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka