Dewmi Vihanga, the Sri Lanka allrounder, will have to wait for her T20I debut after being ruled out of the Women's T20 Asia Cup. Vihanga's replacement is left-arm spinner Nimasha Meepage. After suffering an injury to her right knee during a practice game, Vihanga was unable to travel with the team to the United Arab Emirates. Meepage, who made her T20I debut in December 2025, has played 14 times for Sri Lanka across formats. She has taken six wickets in nine T20I innings at an economy rate of 7.66 and an average of 38.33. The rest of the squad remains unchanged. Chamari Athapaththu will lead the defending champions while Harshitha Samarawickrama will be her deputy. The 15-member team only has one wicketkeeper, Kaushini Nuthyangana. Sri Lanka are grouped alongside Bangladesh, Indonesia and UAE in Group B of the Asia Cup. They begin the defense of their title against UAE on August 29. Sri Lanka holds the Asia Cup after defeating India in the Dambulla final in 2024. Sri Lanka squad for the Women's T20 Asia Cup Chamari Athapaththu (c), Imesha Dulani, Sanjana Kavindi, Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama (vc), Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Hasini Perera, Kaushini Nuthyangana (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Chamudi Praboda, Chethana Vimukthi, Kawya Kavindi, Mithali Ayodhya, Nimasha Meepage.