Dasun Shanaka who was leading Sri Lanka in the T20 format was stripped of his role as SLC named Kusal Janith Perera as the captain of the of both T20s and ODIs in the upcoming England tour.
Explaining the reasons behind the move to DailyFT, Chief selector Pramodya Wickramasinghe said that Kusal Perera has been asked to captain Sri Lanka in the three T20Is against England as well as the three ODIs so as to maintain some form of uniformity.
“We gave Kusal two tours to Bangladesh and England and told him to continue as captain without breaking the format. After the completion of the England tour, we will review the captaincy. He has areas to improve as captain, we will closely monitor him during the England series and then arrive at a decision.”
Regarding the T20I captaincy, Wickramasinghe said: “There are about 3-4 players for the T20I captaincy. Initially we gave the captaincy to Dasun Shanaka who has won a series in Pakistan. We need to speak with him and discuss his form as well before taking a final decision.”