Sports minister doesn't ratify Twenty20 squad

The squad chosen for the Canada Cup Four Nation 20/20 has not got the approval of sports minister Gamini Lokuge because he is considering a complaint from 35-year-old batsman Indika de Saram, who hasn't been selected.

"I have had a letter from de Saram," Lokuge told AFP. "Also there was no name of a team manager in the team sheet sent to me. So I have returned it to Sri Lanka Cricket."

de Saram met Lokuge on Friday and complained about his exclusion despite good performances in local competitions, IANS reported. de Saram had captained Sri Lanka in their victorious campaign at this year's Hong Kong Sixes and is also a wicketkeeper. The squad selected for the Twenty20 tournament does not include a specialist wicketkeeper. Tillakaratne Dilshan will stand in for Kumar Sangakkara, who had undergone a finger surgery in Australia.

Sri Lanka squad: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Udawatte, Chamara Kapugedera, Jehan Mubarak, Tillakaratne Dilshan (wk), Jeevantha Kulatunga, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilina Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilina Kandamby, Dilhara Fernando, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Kaushalya Weeraratne.