Sri Lanka quick bowler Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of the rest of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 because of a calf harm.
Earlier, Chameera missed the 2022 Asia Cup as a result of of the identical drawback, however was included within the Sri Lankan World Cup squad after passing the health take a look at.
The right-arm pacer performed an necessary function in Sri Lanka’s large win over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Geelong on Tuesday, October 18. He claimed the primary three wickets in UAE’s innings and ended up with figures of 3 for 15. However, the 30-year-old suffered an harm within the final over of his spell and was seen shaking his head as he was taken off the sector.
There are additionally issues over Danushka Gunathilaka – who missed the UAE recreation, and Pramod Madushan, with each set to go for scans of their hamstring accidents. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s medical group is hopeful of Madushan’s restoration forward of his aspect’s do-or-die encounter in opposition to the Netherlands on Thursday, October 20.
Silverwood believes it might have one thing to do with the climate situations
“The temperatures we’re experiencing, the boys are not used to,” Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood was quoted as saying in ICC’s press-release.
“It’s certainly not Colombo. Even I’m cold, a little bit. You can’t help it. The preparation and facilities we were given having arrived early, were superb. The boys have prepped the best we possibly can. We had a good camp in Kandy before we got on an airplane and came here. We’ve made the best of what we’ve had really.”
“I think we adjusted pretty well today [on game against UAE],” added Silverwood. “In the first game [against Namibia] 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.”