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World T20: Sri Lanka picks uncapped all-rounder

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has called up uncapped all-rounder Isuru Udana to its 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in England next month.

The squad, announced in Colombo on Monday, also included 35-year-old middle order batsman Indika de Saram, who last played for Sri Lanka in 2001.

Meanwhile, spinner Johan Botha, under the scanner for his suspect action, was on Monday appointed deputy to captain Graeme Smith, while teenage batting sensation Wayne Parnell was also included in the 15-member South African cricket squad.

The teams: Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (capt.), Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya, T.M. Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara , Thilan Thushara, Lasith Malinga, Isuru Udana, Farveez Maharoof, Jehan Mubarak and Indika de Saram.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt.), Johan Botha, Yusuf Abdulla, Mark Boucher, A.B. de Villiers, J.P. Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robbie Peterson, Dale Steyn and Roelof van der Merwe.

Pakistan: Younis Khan (capt.), Salman Butt, Ahmed Shahzad, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat, Shoaib Akhter, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamir, Saeed Ajmal, Shazaib Hassan.

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (capt.), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Rubel Hossain, Shamsur Rahman and Mohammad Mithun. — Agencies

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