The Sri Lankan cricket crew suffers one other large blow with in-form pacer Lahiru Kumara getting dominated out of the World Cup 2023 due to an damage. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) introduced the skilled bowler Dushmantha Chameera as his replacement for the rest of the match.
Lahiru was the crew’s greatest bowler in the course of the crew’s final recreation in opposition to England. The right-ram pacer took three wickets to bowl out England on simply 156 runs and in addition claimed the Player of the Match award. But he suffered a thigh damage throughout a apply session at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday and was later dominated out from the remaining match.
The SLC confirmed the pacer’s damage and named Chameera as a replacement with an official assertion on their Twitter web page.
“The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has approved Dushmantha Chameera as a replacement for Lahiru Kumara in the Sri Lanka squad,” the SLC assertion stated. “Chameera, who has played 44 ODIs, was named as a replacement after Kumara was ruled out due to a left thigh muscle injury sustained during training in Pune. The replacement of a player requires the approval of the Event Technical Committee before the player can be officially added to the squad.”
Chameera, 31, has been with a crew as a travelling reverse and is anticipated to be a part of Sri Lanka’s enjoying eleven in opposition to Afghanistan in Pune on Monday, October 30. Chameera final performed ODI cricket in the course of the bilateral sequence in opposition to Afghanistan in June this yr and missed the Asia Cup 2023 match due to damage.
Sri Lanka stay alive in the hunt for the semifinal race as they’re positioned in the fifth place with 4 factors in 5 video games. They face Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and New Zealand in their remaining 4 video games and might be trying to document wins in all video games to end in the highest 4.
Sri Lanka World Cup Squad: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c & wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka, Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Dunith Wellalage
