Sri Lanka premium fast bowler Dushmant Chameera has been ruled out of T20 World Cup 2022. Chameera has been suffering from a calf injury for a long time now. He was also unable to play in the Asia cup due to the same injury, although he passed a fitness test and was subsequently drafted into the Sri Lanka squad.
The 30-year-old took the first three wickets to fall in the innings, contributing significantly to Sri Lanka’s crushing 79-run victory over the UAE in Geelong, finishing with figures of 3 for 15. He was seen shaking his head as he staggered off the pitch, having suffered the injury in the final over of his term.
Additionally, Danushka Gunathilaka, a hitter, and Pramod Madushan, a pace bowler, both of whom have hamstring injuries, are having fitness challenges for Sri Lanka. With only two points and third place in their group after losing to Namibia in the tournament opener, it puts the team in a tight situation.
Sri Lanka management would be concerned as they have already lost a match in the qualifying round against Namibia, also injury scare over three players would be a big burden to the management. Although the island nation made a good comeback against UAE in their second match winning the match by a huge margin.
“I think we adjusted pretty well today,” Silverwood said. “In the first game we didn’t read the conditions particularly well, and we certainly didn’t grasp them. We’re not hiding from that. That’s something that we spoke about in the debrief quite honestly.”
At the beginning of the game, Sri Lanka’s top three also created a solid foundation. The best batsman for Sri Lanka was opener Pathum Nissanka, who scored one run (74 off 60) more than the entire UAE squad. He advanced gradually through the first few overs before hitting boundaries late in the innings to increase his strike rate on a challenging surface.
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