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Dunith Wellalage for Sri Lanka (Source: AFP)
The Sri Lanka Cricket Board has announced the 15-member squad for the ACC Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025. Dunith Wellalage has been appointed the captain of the Sri Lanka A side, while the squad also includes players like Ramesh Mendis, Nishan Madushka and Nuwanidu Fernando who have played for the senior Lankan side in recent times.
Milan Rathnayake will provide the balance to the squad as a seam-bowling all-rounder. He has done well for the senior side, too, and will be a player to watch out among the talented Sri Lankan players.
Dunith Wellalage, the captain of the side, has led Sri Lanka in the 2022 U19 World Cup and has been a regular member of the senior side. Sri Lanka have won the Emerging Asia Cup twice when the tournament was limited to U23 players, while they finished runners-up in the last edition.
Sri Lanka A placed in Group A alongside Afghanistan, Bangladesh
The tournament this time will be played in Qatar and will feature eight teams. Sri Lanka A are placed in Group A alongside Bangladesh A, Afghanistan A and Hong Kong. They will open their campaign against defending champions Afghanistan A on November 15. They will then take on Hong Kong on 17, while the final match will be against Bangladesh on November 19.
Earlier, India and Bangladesh also announced their squads for the tournament. India have made Jitesh Sharma their captain with plenty of other IPL stars in the arsenal too. Bangladesh, on the other hand, have appointed Akbar Ali as captain and alongside Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, they would be fighting for a place in semifinal from Group A.
Sri Lanka A squad for Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025
Dunith Wellalage (C), Vishen Halambage, Nishan Madushka, Lasith Croospulle, Sahan Arachchige, Sohan de Livera, Ramesh Mendis, Traveen Mathew, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Pramod Madushan, Milan Rathnayake, Isitha Wijesundara, Garuka Sanketh
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