(Cricket News) The Sri Lankan fast bowler Dilshan Madhushanka, suffered an injury during the second ODI against Bangladesh and has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour. He is also likely to miss the first few games at the IPL 2024, where he is a part of the 5-times champions Mumbai Indians.
Madhushanka went of the field after bowling just 6.4 overs due to a problem in his hamstring. He opened the bowling and scalped 2 wickets of Bangladesh, but was forced to leave the field post that. However Sri Lanka managed to win the second game and level the series in Chattogram.
In a statement on Sunday morning, Sri Lanka Cricket said that an MRI scan has confirmed that MadHushanka “has suffered a left hamstring injury”, and he will “return [home] to start rehabilitation work”.
“We got the report on his injury only today [Sunday], and it shows a small tear,” Sri Lanka team manager Mahinda Halangoda said. “It’s a new injury. We’re not yet sure how long it will take for him to recover, but he’ll have to be assessed again when he goes home by the medical team at the high-performance centre. For now we know he’s out of the ODI tomorrow for sure.”
Madhushanka was bought by the Mumbai Indians for a sum of INR 4.6 Crores. He will be accompanied by his fellow mate Nuwan Thushara and will also be alongside a formidable bowling attack with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Jason Behrendorff, Gerald Coetzee, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar and captain Hardik Pandya. Romario Shepherd and Anshul Kamboj are also in the line-up as fast-bowling allrounders.
The left-arm pacer has been decent for the Lankans in the past year. He has 41 wickets from 23 ODIs (average 24.87) to go with 14 wickets from 14 T20Is (economy 9.41). He also picked up 2 wickets each in the first two games against Bangladesh.
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