Sri Lanka Cricket Board has announced playing 15 member for the Women T20 world cup 2016 starting from 15 March will be played simultaneously with Men T20 World Cup in India. M The Sri Lanka Women Squad will be led by Shashikala Siriwardene and Chamari Athapaththu as vice-captain.
The team has been placed in Group A with Australia, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand. Sri Lanka has played in almost all the 4 edition of the tournament held so far but could not progress past first round. They will be playing their first match of the tournament on 15 March against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka Women Squad:
- Shashikala Siriwardene (capt)
- Chamari Atapattu (vice-capt)
- Nilakshi De Silva
- Nipuni Hansika
- Ama Kanchana
- Hansima Karunaratane
- Eshani Lokusuriyage
- Sugandika Kumari
- Harshitha Madavi
- Yasoda Mendis
- Udeshika Prabodhani
- Oshadi Ranasinghe
- Inoka Ranaweera
- Dilani Manodara
- Prasadani Weerakkody
Match Schedule for T20 World Cup 2016
15 March 2016, Tuesday- SL vsNZ (Kotla, Delhi)
20 March 2016, Sunday- SL vs IRE (PCA Stadium, Mohali)
24 March 2016, Thursday- SL vs AUS (Kotla, Delhi)
28 March 2016, Monday- SL vs SA (Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru)