Chairman of Cricket Selectors Pramodya Wickramasinghe says that if the players say they cannot sign the annual contract before the Indian series, the next option left to him and his selectors is to pick players from the 39 contracted players who are currently in a bubble.
“These players are currently practising and playing matches and we will consider them for selection for the Indian series. We have still not selected the squad for the series with India, we will do that after Sunday’s third and final ODI against England,” Promodya Wickramasinghe told the Daily FT Newspaper.
On the captaincy, Wickramasinghe said that it will be decided after Sunday’s ODI. “There won’t be a problem in selecting a captain because once we select the squad we can pick a captain from it. Romesh Kaluwitharana who is the selector on tour in England has a big role to play in this. We have to speak to him as well as the coaching staff, SLC and Technical and Advisory Committee and take a decision on how we should move forward.” he told the Daily FT.
Senior Cricketers Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal. Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne have not been called for training as Sri Lanka prepares for a limited-over series against India starting July 13. (NewsWire)