Sri Lanka deploys 20 players at Asia junior badminton

By Susil Premalal 

A squad of 20 badminton players are representing Sri Lanka at the WONDR Badminton Asia Junior Championship 2025 which began yesterday in Indonesia. 

The team is made up of 10 boys and 10 girls contesting against players from 19 other nations from the region. 

The boys’ team is made up of Kenneth Aruggoda, Thidasa Weragoda, Reshan Dimbukwallage, Janeesha de Silva, Senuth Perera, Nethil Thewmika, Maneth Wijegunawardena, Pamith Attanayake, Dinew Wimalarathne and Thenul Ganewatta.

The girls’ team is made up of Ranithma Liyanage, Sithuli Ranasinghe, Nethmi Ratnayake, Vishwanie Wanniarachchi, Dilini Ambalangodage, Isuri Attanayake, Sithumi de Silva, Vinuthi Ranasinghe, Yenara Wickremasinghe and Ranumi Mannage. 

They will contest against players from Brunei, China, Chinese Taipei, India, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and hosts Indonesia. 

The President of Sri Lanka Badminton, Roshan Gunawardena will join the contingent alongside coaches Sahan Siriwardena and Ranthushka Karunathilaka and Lady Chaperone M. Chandani at the regional tournament conducted by Badminton Asia.