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Dilshan To Lead Sri Lanka In Twenty20 International

Tuesday 3 February 2009

©REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN) Picture Supplied by Action Images

Tillakaratne Dilshan will lead Sri Lanka when they take on India in a Twenty20 International on February 10th after captain Mahela Jayawardene and his deputy Kumar Sangakkara were left on the sidelines.

Chamara Kapugedera will take on the vice-captaincy while bowlers Muttiah Muralithara, Ajantha Mendis, Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Kulasekara have all been rested.

Fast bowler Lasith Malinga returns after spending the last 12 months out with a knee injury.

Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Jehan Mubarak, Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Indika de Saram, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Farveez Maharoof, Kaushal Weeraratne, Malinga Bandara, Jeevantha Kulatunga, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Mahela Udawatte, Thilan Thushara