Sri Lanka’s 1st choice left-arm pacer Dilshan Madushanka has been ruled out of the World Cup.
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The 20-year-old pulled up early into Sri Lanka’s final training session ahead of the tournament opener against Namibia, clutching his hip. Further investigation has revealed that he has suffered a quadricep injury, which is likely to keep him out of the game for at least a few weeks.
Madushanka was one of Sri Lanka’s finds of the Asia Cup, the youngster leading a very inexperienced pace-bowling attack in the campaign.
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The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 has approved Binura Fernando as a replacement for left arm fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka in the Sri Lanka squad. Fernando will travel out from Sri Lanka and join the rest of the squad in Australia.
The replacement of a player requires the approval of the Event Technical Committee before the replacement player can be officially added to the squad.
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The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 consists of Wasim Khan, ICC General Manager – Cricket (Chair); Chris Tetley, ICC Head of Events; Peter Roach, Cricket Australia; Shane Doyle, Men’s T20 World Cup Local Organising Committee; Shaun Pollock (Independent) and Ian Bishop (Independent).
