Colombo, Aug. 28 -- Sri Lanka on Thursday announced the T20I squad for the three-match series against Zimbabwe, where star all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga 's name was missing from the squad

Hasaranga hurt his hamstring during a T20I series against Bangladesh in July and was a notable omission when Sri Lanka named their squad for the two-match ODI series with Zimbabwe that commences on Friday.

That absence will continue, after Hasaranga wasn't named in Sri Lanka's 17-player squad for the T20I portion of the tour of Zimbabwe that follows the ODI matches and finishes just prior to the commencement of the Asia Cup on September 9.

It leaves Hasaranga in doubt for the eight-team tournament in the UAE, given the 28-year-old hasn't featured at a...