File picture of Wanindu Hasaranga.© AFP
Sri Lanka legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga has been dominated out of the upcoming ODI sequence towards New Zealand after sustaining a left hamstring harm whereas bowling within the second T20I in Dambulla on Sunday, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) stated on Tuesday. Sri Lanka have added Dushan Hemantha to the squad rather than Hasaranga, who returned to Colombo and has began harm rehabilitation on the Excessive Efficiency Middle.
Hasaranga had completed the 2 T20Is with six wickets, snapping 4 on Sunday, and was named the Participant of the Sequence. He has had current bouts with accidents, having pulled the identical hamstring again in August in the course of the dwelling sequence towards India.
The legspinner is the second participant to be dominated out of the upcoming sequence between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Kiwi pacer and hat-trick hero from the second T20I Lockie Ferguson may also miss the motion owing to a current calf harm.
Whereas Hasaranga ripped into the New Zealand batting as Sri Lanka dismissed them for 108 within the second and remaining T20I, the guests bounced again in model with the ball, clinching a five-run win to finish the sequence in a 1-1 draw.
Talking after the match, Hasaranga opened up about his harm, “Lastly, I can have just a few weeks’ break after this match. I believe it is dangerous. I wished to bowl my 4 overs to chop down their whole. I am unable to run, so I attempted to maximise (whereas batting) however I received out.”
The three-match ODI sequence begins on Wednesday in Dambulla with the subsequent two matches to be performed in Pallekele on November 17 and 19, respectively.
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