Sri Lanka name Commonwealth Games squad

16-year-old Vishmi Gunaratne is likely to open the batting with star player Chamari Athapaththu

Chamari Athapaththu will captain Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games, with teenager Vishmi Gunaratne likely to partner the star batter at the top of the order.

Sri Lanka went almost two years without playing a T20I between the conclusion of the T20 World Cup in 2020 and the qualifiers for the upcoming tournament, which will mark the first edition of women's cricket at the multisport event.

Athapaththu was the leading run-scorer in the qualifying competition, scoring 221 runs in just four innings in Kuala Lumpur.

Harshitha Samarawickrama and Nilakshi de Silva were the only other Sri Lankan players to score at least 100 runs.

^{Sri Lanka faced Pakistan in June (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)}

Gunaratne, 16, is likely to open alongside Athapaththu, having made her international debut earlier this year. She made 45 against India in June.

Veteran off-spinner Oshadi Ranasinghe, who began her international career in 2011, is also included.

Sri Lanka squad: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Malsha Shehani, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoka Ranaweera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Rashmi de Silva, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Anushka Sanjeewani

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