Sri Lanka becomes the first team of 2011 world cup which has announce the final 15 players for the world cup 2011. According to information there are no Vass and Jayasuriya in the team. Both players are out of final 15 players’ team.

Sri Lankan team consists of Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath.

It is believed that this is the best Sri Lankan team and has ability to challenge rest of the teams in world cup. There were some speculations regarding the players that they wanted to play anther world cup before their retirement but it all comes to end after the final announcement of fifteen men squad.

Both C Vass and Jayasuriya along with Muttiah Muralitharan were the surviving members of world cup 1996. Muttiah Muralitharan is the only player who gets a chance for 2011 world cup. He retired from international test match cricket last year after completing 800 test wickets. World cup will be played from February 19 to April 2 in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh. Kumar Sangakkara will lead the side and Mahela Jayawardene will be his vice captain.

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