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Dilshan Madushanka replace Dushmantha Chameera in the SL squad

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Sri Lanka was dealt with a huge blow after Dushmantha Chameera was ruled out from the ongoing world cup qualifiers due to an injury on his Right shoulder.

Chameera will be replaced by young Dilshan Madushanka who is in Zimbabwe as a stand-by player.

As per Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Chameera is still recovering from a right pectoral muscle injury he sustained on the right shoulder while practising, ahead of the team’s first game of the group stage of the qualifiers against the UAE.

“Dushmantha Chameera is still recovering from a right pectoral muscle injury he sustained on the right shoulder while practising ahead of Sri Lanka’s first game of the group stage of the qualifiers”, said SLC in a statement.

“Accordingly, the bowler will not be available for selections for the Super Six Round games as well. Chameera will return home and engage in a rehabilitation program at the High-Performance Center at the RPICS. Dilshan Madushanka will be included in the squad in place of Chameera,” the statement further added.

Ankle and calf injuries also ruled Chameera out of Sri Lanka’s triumph in the Asia Cup last year in the UAE. Though he recovered in time to play Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, the pacer suffered another injury setback after pulling up while running in to bowl the last over of his spell in the group match against UAE at Geelong and immediately went off the field.

He was then ruled out of the competition due to a grade two tear in the calf of his landing foot. Chameera then underwent ankle surgery and was in a long rehabilitation, thus forcing him to miss white-ball games against India and New Zealand.

The fast bowler then made a comeback to international cricket by playing two out of three ODIs for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan at Hambantota earlier this month, picking figures of 2/18 and 4/63.

දුශ්මන්ත චමීර වෙනුවට ඩිල්ෂාන් මධුශංක ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචිතයට

දකුණු උරහිසේ ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් දුෂ්මන්ත චමීර ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගාවලියෙන් ඉවත් වීමත් සමඟ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට දැවැන්ත පහරක් එල්ල වී තිබේ.

චමීර වෙනුවට යොවුන් ඩිල්ෂාන් මධුශංක සිම්බාබ්වේ පිලට පැමිණ සිටින්නේ ස්ථාවර ක්‍රීඩකයකු ලෙසිනි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් (SLC), UAE සමග සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ කණ්ඩායම් අදියරේ කණ්ඩායමේ පළමු තරගයට පෙර, පුහුණුවීම්වල යෙදී සිටියදී දකුණු උරහිසේ දකුණු උරහිසේ ඇති වූ දකුණු පෙක්ටෝරල් මාංශ පේශි ආබාධයෙන් චමීර තවමත් සුවය ලබමින් සිටී.

“චමීර සුපර් සික්ස් වටයේ තරග සඳහා ද තේරීම් සඳහා නොසිටිනු ඇත. ඔහු ආපසු මෙරටට පැමිණ RPICS හි ඉහළ කාර්ය සාධන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ පුනරුත්ථාපන වැඩසටහනක නිරත වනු ඇත. චමීර වෙනුවට ඩිල්ෂාන් මධුශංක සංචිතයට ඇතුළත් කරනවා” යැයි ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනයේ නිවේදනයේ දැක්වෙයි.

පසුගිය වසරේ එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ පැවති ආසියානු කුසලාන තරඟාවලියේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජයග්‍රහණය කිරීමෙන් චමීර වළලුකර සහ පැටවාගේ ආබාධවලින් ඉවත් විය. ඔහු ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පැවති පිරිමි T20 ලෝක කුසලානයට ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට නියමිත වේලාවට සුවය ලැබුවද, එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයට එරෙහිව Geelong හි පැවති කණ්ඩායම් තරඟයේදී අවසන් ඕවරය යැවීමට දිව යාමේදී වේග පන්දු යවන්නා තවත් ආබාධයකට ලක් වූ අතර වහාම පිටියෙන් ඉවත් විය.

මෙම මස මුලදී හම්බන්තොටදී ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානයට එරෙහිව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් එක්දින තරග තුනකින් දෙකක් ක්‍රීඩා කරමින් වේග පන්දු යවන්නා 2/18 සහ 4/63 ලෙස ලකුණු ලබා ගනිමින් ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් වෙත නැවත පැමිණියේය.

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