New Sri Lankan national cricket team Chandika Hathurusinghe has handpicked 23 players for a training squad targeting Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh, 

Hathurusinghe has informed the Sri Lanka Cricket authorities that these players should not play domestic matches as he needs quality training time with them. 

Lahiru Thirimanne and Sachith Pathirana, who were members of the Sri Lankan team during the series against India, have been dropped from the 23 member training squad. Sri Lanka's most senior fast bowler Lasith Malinga has also been excluded from Hathurusinghe's training squad.

The members of the squad are Thisara Perera, Upul Tharanga, Dhanushka Gunathilake, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, angelo Mathews, Kusal Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Niroshan Dickwella, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Dasun Shanaka, Lahiru Gamage, vishwa Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera, Shehan Madushanka, Lahiru Kumara, Akila Dhananjaya, Jeffrey Vandersay, Amila Aponso, Lakshan Sandakan, Chathuranga de Silva