Lasith Malinga ruled out of T20I series against New Zealand, Dinesh Chandimal to lead

Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the T20I series against New Zealand in the ongoing tour, following an injury.

Sri Lanka‘s T20I skipper Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the T20I series against New Zealand in the ongoing tour, following an injury. He of late has also been skipping the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand. Meanwhile, Dinesh Chandimal has been named the stand-in skipper for the side as he will be making his debut as skipper in the T20I series against the Kiwis from January 2016. The cause of the injury is still unclear for Malinga, but is expected to be fit before the upcoming ICC World T20 in India in March, and awill ahve around a couple of momths to recover. FULL SCORECARD: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 2015-16, 1st T20I at Mount Maunganui

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka are trailing 0-2 in the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand as they aim to bounce back in this five-match series and win the remaining three matches to win the series 3-2, or at least win the next two games to square the series and draw the terms level. Lasith Malinga to miss out on first two New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 2015-16 ODIs

Sri Lanka are captained by all-rounder Angelo Mathews, who has had a good enough captaincy career so far.
Under Mathews, Sri Lanka have won 10 out of 23 Tests, and on the list of most successful captains for Sri Lanka he is on the fourth spot with a winning percentage of 43.47. New Zealand, on the other hand, will try to forget the Trans-Tasman series defeat against Australia. New Zealand lost the away series 0-2 an they would like to make a strong return at home. Brendon McCullum-led side will want to regain the confidence and also look to dominate the visiting Sri Lanka.

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