Dinesh Chandimal became Sri Lanka's youngest ever ODI captain, at 23 years and 244 days on 20 July 2013 at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium, after being handed the reins for the first two matches against South Africa in Colombo.
Regular captain Angelo Mathews was unavailable after earning a two-match suspension for an over-rate offence in the West Indies tri-nation series.
