Kumar Sangakkara will be replaced by Tillakaratne Dilshan

Sri Lanka will rest regular captain Kumar Sangakkara and three other senior players for the tri-nation series which begins in Zimbabwe on 28 May.

Tillakaratne Dilshan is to lead the side in the limited-overs series, which also features India and Zimbabwe.

Veteran spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, batsman Mahela Jayawardene and paceman Lasith Malinga will also be rested.

Leg-spinner Jeewan Mendis and batsman Dines Chandimal are the uncapped players in the squad.

All-rounder Angelo Matthews will be Dilshan's deputy in the series, which runs until 9 June.

Left-handed batsman Lahiru Thirimanne, who played two one-day internationals against Bangladesh earlier this year, has also been recalled.

Opening batsman Upul Tharanga, middle-order batsman Chamara Silva and fast bowler Dilhara Fernando, who all were ignored for the recent ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, also return to the squad.

Sri Lanka squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain), Angelo Mathews (vice-captain), Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Chamara Kapugedera, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Jeewan Mendis, Dilhara Fernando, Chamara Silva, Thisera Perera.

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