Dasun Shanaka set to switch Kusal Perera as Sri Lanka captain in limited-overs cricket

All-rounder Dasun Shanaka is all set to switch Kusal Perera because the captain of Sri Lanka’s limited-overs groups forward of the ODI and T20 sequence towards India, starting July 13. The 29-year-old, an explosive batsman and a seam bowler, will change into Sri Lanka’s sixth captain in lower than 4 years if he will get the job.

Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Lasith Malinga, Dimuth Karunaratne and Perera had captained the facet sooner or later for the reason that begin of 2018.Shanaka had led the nationwide group when it clean-sweeped Pakistan in a three-match T20I sequence in 2019.According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, “the captaincy switch is only partly a consequence of on-field performance.””Although Sri Lanka have comfortably lost all three series that they played under Perera, the board and selectors have replaced him after he was deemed to have played a central role in the contracts standoff between the players and board, over the past few months,” the report mentioned.The Sri Lankan gamers had been locked in a longstanding row with the nation’s cricket board (SLC) over nationwide contracts which ended on Wednesday after 29 out of the 30 gamers signed up for the India sequence.It is believed that Perera was the one who had “encouraged the group to continue holding out”, whereas “Shanaka it seems had been among the first to agree to sign Sri Lanka Cricket’s tour contracts”.”According to some players, the group had decided early on Tuesday to continue defying the board. However, some players – Shanaka included – had signed the contracts soon after,” the report mentioned.Under the SLC’s efficiency based mostly pay plan, 24 of the main gamers had been supplied contracts underneath 4 classes. Only six gamers had been within the class A and their annual pay ranged between USD 70,000 to 100,000.Players felt the plan lacked transparency and the proposed pay can be a lot decrease than the accredited pay scales of the Federation of International Cricket Association (FICA).Angelo Mathews, the senior-most among the many present crop of gamers, and Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne discovered themselves excluded from the contracts that had been supplied on Wednesday morning.Soon after, Mathews pulled out of the India sequence citing private causes and likewise hinted at retirement.India will play Sri Lanka in three ODIs on July 13, 16 and 18 respectively, adopted by as many T20Is on July 21, 23 and 25. All the matches might be performed on the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.