Sri Lanka-Pakistan Twenty20 starts on Friday in Hambantota
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Sri Lanka cricket has named its squads for twenty 20 and ODI with Pakistan in Sri Lanka.The Twenty20 games will start in in southern Hambantota on Friday and Sunday are a prelude to the fourth edition of the world event that will be played in Sri Lanka in September-October.
The absence of Pakistani players from the Indian Premier League (IPL) could give Sri Lanka the initial advantage at the start of the tour that also includes five one-day internationals and three Test matches.
Several Sri Lankan stars like Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Lasith Malinga played in the Twenty20 event in India that ended last Sunday.
But the Pakistanis, who won the World Twenty20 title in England in 2009, have been kept out of the IPL after the inaugural edition in 2008 reportedly over security fears.
The rivals have played seven Twenty20 internationals so far, with Pakistan winning five and Sri Lanka two.
Pakistan (from): Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shehzad, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Shakeel Ansar, Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanveer, Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Sami, Hammad Azam.
The following two squads have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Sports for the Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2012.
T20 Squad
Mahela Jayawardena
T M Dilshan
Kumar Sangakkara (W/K)
Dinesh Chandimal
AngeloMathews
Lahiru Thirimanne
Kaushalaya Lokuarchchi
Thisara Perera
Nuwan Kulasekera
Sachithra Senanayake
Lasith Malinga
Chamara Kapugedera
Upul Tharanga
Isuru Udana
ODI Squad
Mahela Jayawardena
T M Dilshan
Kumar Sangakkara (W/K)
Dinesh Chandimal
AngeloMathews
Lahiru Thirimanne
Jeevan Mendis
Thisara Perera
Nuwan Kulasekera
Sachithra Senanayake
Lasith Malinga
Rangana Herath
Upul Tharanga
Nuwan Pradeep
Dilhara Fernando
