Five Uncapped Players in Sri Lanka Twenty20 Squad

Colombo: Sri Lanka's squad includes five uncapped players – fast bowler Binura Fernando, legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay and batsmen Shehan Jayasuriya, Dasun Shanaka, and Dhananjaya de Silva for Pakistan T20s.

Nuwan Kulasekara and Chamara Kapugedera have also been picked. Kulasekara wasn't picked for the ongoing one-day series. Kapugendera, too, has last played a T20 in 2012.

Fernando has only played seven first-class matches.

Dushmantha Chameera is still out of consideration due to injury.

Sri Lanka squad: Lasith Malinga (Capt), TM Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kithruwan Vithanage, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Chamara Kapugedera, Shehan Jayasuriya, Thisara Perera, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nuwan Kulasekara, Binura Fernando, Chaturanga de Silva, Milinda Siriwardene

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