Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka factfile

COLOMBO: Cricket World Cup factfile on Sri Lanka:

World ranking

7

Match schedule (GMT)

Oct 07: v South Africa at New Delhi (0830)

Oct 10: v Pakistan at Hyderabad (0830)

Oct 16: v Australia at Lucknow (0830)

Oct 21: v Netherlands at Lucknow (0500)

Oct 26: v England at Bengaluru (0830)

Oct 30: v Afghanistan at Pune (0830)

Nov 02: v India at Mumbai (0830)

Nov 06: v Bangladesh at New Delhi (0830)

Nov 09: v New Zealand at Bengaluru (0830)

Squad

Dasun Shanaka (captain), Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka

Leading run-scorer in squad

Kusal Mendis: 3,215 runs, highest score 119, average 32.15, Hundreds 2, Fifties 25

Leading wicket-taker in squad

Dhananjaya de Silva: 44 wickets, best bowling 3-32, average 39.38

Previous world cup appearances

1975: Group stage

1979: Group stage

1983: Group stage

1987: Group stage

1991: Group stage

1996: Champions

1999: Group Stage

2003: Semi-finals

2007: Runners-up

2011: Runners-up

2015: Quarter-finals

2019: Group stage

What the captain says

“We have a good batting line-up. I think the pitches will be a challenge. Bowling will be a challenge. The margin of error is very low. We need to execute really well.”

• Dasun Shanaka on the challenges of playing in India