Sri Lankan Senior National Squash team took wing to Malaysia to participate in the 20th Asian Squash Team Championships to be held from 30th November to 4th December 2021.

The Women’s event will be represented by 8 teams while 13 teams will participate in the Men’s event. The Sri Lankan Men’s team will be represented by Ravindu Laksiri, Shamil Wakeel, Methmal Wood and Sheriff Hakeem while Fathoum Issadeen, Yeheni Kuruppu, Chanithma Sinaly and Dewmini Gallage will represent the Women’s Team.

Much hopes are placed on current National Champion Ravindu Laksiri and No 2 Shamil Wakeel. Ravindu Laksiri, current National Champion and holder of the title for 8 consecutive years will be the most experienced along with Shamil Wakeel while Methmal Wood will be making his debut to the Senior National team. Ravindu who maintained his dominance in the local arena throughout the year also did well to clinch the 5th place at the Youth Asian Games while being a junior. Shamil Wakeel too hold a Bronze medal under his belt at an Asian Junior Championship. The Men’s team will have to battle out with Malaysia, Hong Kong, Iran, Korea and Singapore in the league stage to forward to a Medal.

Women’s National Champion Fathoum Issadeen and Junior National champion Yeheni Kuruppu will hold the main keys in the Women’s Team while Chanithma Sinaly and Dewmini Gallage are also expected to chip in with their experience.

The Women’s team will have to battle out with Hong Kong, Japan and Korea in the league stage.

Eranga Alwis, the Secretary of Sri Lanka Squash will take up the reasonability of Team Manager. Eranga Alwis is a former National player and is currently with Bank of China Limited as a Senior Manager.

Gihan Suwaris, and Naduni Gunawardena will be in charge of as coaches. Both Gihan and Naduni are former No 1 ranked players and World Squash Federation level two qualified coaches. Gihan is currently working at Nations Trust Bank as a Assistant vice President while Naduni is currently serving as a lecturer at University of Sri Jayawardenapura.

Although not on tour Ashan Gamlath a renowned physical fitness expert is the Physical trainer of the team. Ashan holds a BSc in (special) in Sports sciences and Management from University of Sabaragamuwa.