In a serious breaking in Sri Lanka Cricket, the star spin all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been included within the Test squad for the upcoming Bangladesh sequence beginning on March 22. Hasaranga famously took Test retirement final yr to concentrate on white-ball cricket however is set to make his return in a shock for the followers.
Bangladesh host Sri Lanka in two Tests from March 22 to April 3 and Hasaranga is a part of the 17-member staff underneath Dhananjaya de Silva‘s captaincy. Hasaranga will miss the initial Indian Premier League 2024 games for Sunrisers Hyderabad.Â
Hasaranga, 26, introduced his Test retirement on August 15 final yr citing a motive to play extra franchise cricket. Sri Lanka have performed just one Test match since Hasaranga’s retirement and are but to register a win within the ICC World Test Championship 2022-25 cycle.
Sunrisers Hyderabad signed Hasaranga for his base worth of INR 1.5 crore within the participant public sale for the IPL 2024. Hasaranga has been in sensational type in each T20 and ODI cricket and was awarded a T20I captaincy after Sri Lanka’s disastrous ICC ODI World Cup 2023 marketing campaign.
SRH are set to open their IPL 2024 marketing campaign in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on March 23 and are scheduled to play 4 games within the initial part of the event. Hasaranga will miss the primary three games and may make his debut for SRH in an enormous sport in opposition to Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad on April 5.
Sri Lanka Test squad for the Bangladesh sequence:Â Dhananjaya De Silva (c), Kusal Mendis (vc), Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kamindu Mendis, Lahiru Udara, Wanindu Hasaranga, Prabath Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Nishan Peiris, Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Chamika Gunasekara.
