Overview
- Sri Lanka Cricket said captain Charith Asalanka and seamer Asitha Fernando are ill and will return home, ruling them out of the T20 tri-series.
- Dasun Shanaka has been appointed to lead Sri Lanka for the tournament featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe.
- Top-order batter Pavan Rathnayake has been added to the T20I squad as the lone replacement named so far.
- Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe will play each other twice in Rawalpindi, with the top two advancing to a Nov. 29 final.
- Sri Lanka’s tour continued after players considered leaving following the Islamabad attack, with the PCB providing security assurances to SLC.