World Cup 2023 Big Update: Team Captain injured and out from series

ICC ODI World Cup 2023: A big shock for the Sri Lanka team, which is reeling from consecutive defeats. Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka has been ruled out of the ongoing World Cup 2023 after sustaining an injury in the match against Pakistan on October 10.

Bowling all-rounder Chamika Karunaratna has been re-selected to the squad in place of the injured Dasun Shanaka. The event technical committee consisting of Wasim Khan, Chris Tetley, Hemang Amin, Gaurav Saxena approved the decision to replace Shanaka with Chamika.

Sri Lanka Cricket, which has informed about this on its social media account, has dealt a big blow to the 1996 ODI World Cup champions. Because we don’t just lose captain. Besides, we will also lose a match-winning all-rounder.

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According to Sri Lanka Cricket, Shanaka will take at least three weeks to recover from the injury. It is said that Chamika, who has now joined the World Cup team instead of Shanaka, has a lot of international experience and will contribute to the team if given an opportunity in the upcoming matches.

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Chamika, who made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in Mirpur on 28 May 2021, played his last ODI for Lanka Lions on 31 March against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton.

Chamika has so far taken 24 wickets in 23 ODIs at a strike rate of 28.83. He also scored 443 runs in batting with an average of 27.68 and a strike rate of 80.98. Sri Lanka will face Australia in their next match at the Bharat Ratna Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekna Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on October 16.