Angelo Mathews to captain Sri Lanka in West Indies T20Is in Shanaka’s absence

Sri Lanka’s former skipper Angelo Mathews would be the workforce’s stand-in captain for the three-match Twenty20 sequence in West Indies after Dasun Shanaka was left stranded by a visa challenge, the nation’s cricket board stated.
Shanaka was named Sri Lanka’s new Twenty20 captain final week however the 29-year-old couldn’t board the flight that left along with his teammates on Monday after failing to rearrange a brand new transit visa to the United States.
“Mathews was appointed by the national selectors as Dasun Shanaka, who was appointed as the T20 captain for the tour of West Indies, is yet to join the team owing to a delay in obtaining a U.S. transit visa,” the Sri Lanka Cricket stated in a press release.
“Shanaka confronted this challenge pursuant to the lack of his earlier passport, which had a legitimate visa for the USA stamped on it.
“He is expected to join the team once the issue is resolved.”
Beginning on Thursday, Sri Lanka will play three Twenty20 matches, an equal variety of one-day internationals, plus two assessments – all behind closed doorways in Antigua.