<p>Sri Lanka's new spin bowling hope Akila Dananjaya already feels so at home in the setup he has commandeered a senior team-mate as a chauffeur.<br /><br />The confident 18-year-old's rapid rise from obscurity means he has been named in Sri Lanka's 13-man squad for the World Twenty20 opener against Zimbabwe in Hambantota on Tuesday despite never having played an international match.<br /><br />“Akila has not only settled down very well but he's very talkative,” Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene told reporters.<br /><br />“He's got his transport organised; one of the senior players is driving him up and down from his home.<br /><br />“(Lahiru) Thirimanne is his chauffer, he lives a couple of blocks away from his place in Panadura so he has to go and pick him up and drop him off.”<br /><br />After only six Twenty20 matches in club cricket all coming last month, Jayawardene is not expecting too much of the off-break bowler despite his self-assuredness.</p>
<p>Sri Lanka's new spin bowling hope Akila Dananjaya already feels so at home in the setup he has commandeered a senior team-mate as a chauffeur.<br /><br />The confident 18-year-old's rapid rise from obscurity means he has been named in Sri Lanka's 13-man squad for the World Twenty20 opener against Zimbabwe in Hambantota on Tuesday despite never having played an international match.<br /><br />“Akila has not only settled down very well but he's very talkative,” Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene told reporters.<br /><br />“He's got his transport organised; one of the senior players is driving him up and down from his home.<br /><br />“(Lahiru) Thirimanne is his chauffer, he lives a couple of blocks away from his place in Panadura so he has to go and pick him up and drop him off.”<br /><br />After only six Twenty20 matches in club cricket all coming last month, Jayawardene is not expecting too much of the off-break bowler despite his self-assuredness.</p>