Sri Lanka are set to provide the nod to skilled gamers when deciding on their squad of 15 for the June occasion. Chief selector Upul Tharanga has revealed Sri Lanka will favour expertise over youth when deciding who will characterize the facet at this 12 months’s ICC Males’s T20 World Cup. The 2014 T20 World Cup champions brought about a shock just lately once they recalled skilled wicket-keeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella for his or her ongoing T20I sequence with Bangladesh and Tharanga indicated this may be the norm forward of this 12 months’s 20-over showcase within the USA and Caribean in June.

It means the likes of left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage and fellow children Vijayakanth Viyaskanth and Shevon Daniel might should bide their time and anticipate additional alternatives on the prime degree in response to Tharanga.

“In T20s we’d like a wicket-taking choice, which is why we opted for Jeffrey (Vandersay) over somebody like Dunith (Wellalage). We felt that Jeffrey was extra of an attacking bowler in T20s.,” Tharanga stated as quoted by ICC official web site.

“We had an enormous dialogue concerning Viyaskanth and Jeffrey, and there have been differing opinions throughout the choice committee. However ultimately, we went with Jeffrey as a result of the (T20) World Cup is developing quickly and there was a query over whether or not Viyaskanth may instantly be introduced in to play in a (T20) World Cup. In order that’s why we went with Jeffrey and his expertise,” the previous opener added.

“We have been in search of somebody to play within the prime order (following accidents to Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera). We checked out Shevon Daniel, Lasith Croospulle and Dikka (Dickwella), however the first two are nonetheless fairly younger. It was tough to choose them primarily based purely on their most up-to-date performances,” the 39-year-old asserted.

Tharanga singled out Daniel as a participant he expects to shine for Sri Lanka sooner or later, however stated the time will come for {the teenager} to indicate his qualities and add to the 2 white-ball matches he has performed for his nation.

“They’re very proficient cricketers, somebody like Shevon can play for 10 to fifteen years for Sri Lanka. A participant like that, can we drop him right into a tough state of affairs? Or can we maintain him again and let him play within the NSL (Sri Lanka home competitors), give him expertise after which carry him into the facet. We spoke to the captain, in addition to the coach, and so they additionally felt Niroshan Dickwella was the best choice presently as a result of heading right into a (T20) World Cup, his expertise might be helpful,” Tharanga concluded.

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