5 Sri Lanka players to watch out for in World T20

World T20 defending champions Sri Lanka are placed in Group 1 of the main draw of the 2016 edition along with South Africa, West Indies, England and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka has not had a good last few months when it comes to the T20I format. They lost T20I series against New Zealand and India and were also beaten by Bangladesh in the Asia Cup T20, where they won only one match, against UAE.

Another bad news for them was that their then T20I captain Lasith Malinga injured his knee and was ruled out of the remaining of the Asia Cup after the first match. He announced that he was stepping down from captaincy and whether Malinga will be fit in time for the World T20 2016, remains to be seen.

But here are 5 other players from the team that other teams should be vary of in the tournament:

1. Dushmanta Chameera

Sri Lanka was always looking for their next fast bowler as they saw Lasith Malinga breaking down regularly in the last 2 years. They didn’t have to look far ahead as they unearthed their strike bowler for the future. Meet Dushmanta Chameera, who constantly bowls at 140+ and has troubled the best of batsmen all over the world.

He impressed everyone on the recent tour to New Zealand when he combined pace with seam and troubled the Kiwis. He was also impressive against the Indian team in the 3 match T20I series recently and will be Sri Lanka’s biggest weapon, if Malinga pulls out of the tournament due to injury.