Sri Lanka’s Dilshan Madushanka, who was bought by the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL 2024 auction, has been ruled out of the remainder of the Bangladesh tour due to a hamstring injury.
Madushanka suffered the injury in the recent second ODI, who left the field and it has been confirmed in an MRI scan that he suffered a hamstring injury. The pacer was in stellar form for Sri Lanka in their last match against Bangladesh.
He scalped the wickets of both Litton Das and skipper Shanto, whilst also being involved in the dismissal of Soumya Sarkar with a catch. He bowled 6.4 overs claiming his two wickets and conceding just 30 runs.
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“Dilshan Madushanka will not further take part in the ongoing tour as the bowler will return to start rehabilitation work after suffering an injury during the 2nd ODI. Madushanka, who left the field during the second ODI while bowling, has suffered a left hamstring injury, as confirmed by an MRI scan performed on the player,” Sri Lanka board posted on X.
On the other hand, pacer Matheesha Pathirana has also reportedly suffered an injury as well.
According to a report in Times of India, Pathirana suffered a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka’s recent T20I series against Bangladesh. He has been ruled out for four-five weeks which means he will miss CSK’s first few matches in IPL 2024.
“We have to talk to SLC to know when he will be available. He is one of our premier bowlers, but these things happen,” a senior CSK official told the Times of India.
This is the second injury blow to CSK, who have lost the services of Devon Conway due to a fractured thumb. Conway is slated to miss action for atleast 8 weeks and will miss the IPL 2024.
In Pathirana’s absence, Bangladesh speedster Mustafizur Rahman’s role could be crucial in the team. Mustafizur will join the team camp on 20 March, two days before CSK hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL 2024 opener at Chepauk.
“Fizz will join the camp on March 20, a couple of days before our opener against RCB. He knows what it takes and we’ll see how he shapes up,” the official added.
