National Carrom squad nominated for ICF Cup

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National Carrom squad consisting 10 players have been nominated for the eighth ICF Cup Championships 2019 which will be held in Pune, Mumbai, India from 2 to 6 December.

National ranked top 04 players from both Men and Women categories will take part at this tournament and those selections will be done by the National Carrom Selection Committee.

International Carrom Federation (ICF) and All India Carrom Federation (AICF) jointly organised this event and more than 16 countries including Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, France, Germany, Italy, USA, UK are supposed be take part.

Sri Lanka who are defending world champions, consist of two senior men and three senior women players who represented Sri Lanka several times and other upcoming players.

The selection committee consists of Dudly Gunawardhane – Chairman, Sunanda Kodagoda and Ranjith Perera who have been appointed by the Minister.

The teams nominated and subject to approval of the Ministry of Sports are as follows:

Men’s team

Shaheed Hilmy (Royal Collage)

Nishantha Fernando (SL Navy)

Anas Ahamed (SL Army)

Dineth Dulakshana (SL Air Force)

M. Sheriffdeen (SL Army) – Reserve player

Women’s team

Chalani Lakmali (SL Air Force)

Joseph Roshita (SL Navy)

Maduka Dilshani (SL Army)

M. Chitradevi (SL Army)

Rebecca Dalrine (SL Army) – Reserve player