Sri Lanka have recalled Kamindu Mendis and dropped Dhananjaya de Silva from their 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup that begins on Saturday. Twenty-three-year-old batter Pavan Rathnayake has notably made the cut, as has Eshan Malinga who dislocated his shoulder on Sunday. But there was no room for seamer Pramod Madushan.
The major talking point is the return of Kamindu, who didn’t feature in the starting XI in the T20Is against Pakistan last month, and was dropped ahead of the ongoing T20I series against England. But he is back now, with Dhananjaya making way after struggling to force the pace in his recent T20I innings against England and Pakistan.
Kamindu himself hasn’t been in the best form over recent…