The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that Chamari Athapaththu will be captaining the Sri Lanka Squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.
Meanwhile, Inoka Ranaweer who featured in Sri Lanka for T20I in the women’s T20 World Cup qualifier 2024 and the left-arm spinner will bring her 12 years of experience to the lineup.
Ranaweera joins Inoshi Priyadharshani, Sugandika Kumari, and Kavisha Dilhari who may all play a role throughout the campaign. Ranaweera has 91 T20I wickets from 82 appearances for Sri Lanka with an economy rate of 5.86.
Sri Lanka become the 10th and last team to confirm their ICC Women’s #T20WorldCup 2024 squad 🤩https://t.co/dFDJq78WOY
— ICC (@ICC) September 20, 2024
Sri Lanka has had a prolific run in the last few months, securing a series of victories over England and South Africa for the first time ever in any format, apart from a historic Asia Cup win.
Athapaththu, being Sri Lanka’s highest run-getter in the format, recent months have shown that others on the side are more than capable of rendering match-winning performances.
Kavindi’s omission means Sri Lanka has just three main seam bowling options in their World Cup squad – Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, and Ama Kanchana.
While looking at the batting lineup, Athapaththu, with the likes of Harshitha Samarawickrama and 18-year-old Vishmi Gunaratne has also been among the run in the last few months.
Their victory in the Asia Cup will give them confidence that they can push them to the final stages of the T20 World Cup.
With the T20 World Cup 2024 set to begin on October 03, Sri Lanka will be playing their first match against Pakistan on October 03 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka Squad for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Anushka Sanjeewani, Harshitha Madhavi, Nilakshika de Silva, Inoka Ranaweera, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Sachini Nisansala, Vishmi Gunaratne, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Shashini Gimhani, Ama Kanchana.
