The 22-yera-old left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama won his national Test colours on Thursday (29)Sight is set on the next World Cup, the 50-over International Cricket Council (ICC) flagship event, which is to be held in India in 2023. It is reliably understood that the Sri Lankan national cricket selectors, headed by Pramodya Wickramasinghe, have set their plans to infuse young blood to the national short-format team with their focus on the 2023 World Cup. “The selectors want to give opportunity for young players, so it’s likely that several senior players will get dropped from the side and a final decision will be taken in the next few days,” the said SLC official further revealed. Current T20I national Skipper Dasun Shanaka will most probably be considered for replacing Karunaratne in the Sri Lanka ODI team. The source further added that present seniors in the national limited-over side such as Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya De Silva, and Isuru Udana are to retain their places.

Source: The Nation April 29, 2021 05:48 UTC