Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka set to miss Sri Lanka's ODI series against India: Report
New Delhi [India], August 1 Star Sri Lanka pacer Matheesha Pathirana and Dilshan Madushanka are set to miss their forthcoming ODI series against India, as per ESPNcricinfo.
The hosts will take on India in the 50-over series without Dushmantha Chameera and Nuwan Thushara who are as yet not fit to play. Both of the players missed the three-match T20I series against India. Chameera has been experiencing ailment, while, Thushara has cracked his thumb.
As per the report, Sri Lanka have brought uncapped right-arm seamer Mohamed Shiraz into the crew. According to Espncricinfo, Sri Lanka group supervisor Mahinda Halangoda affirmed that another seamer will be added when the ODI crew is declared.
Halangoda said that Pathirana supported a shoulder injury while handling in the third T20I of the series against India.
"Matheesha has jolted his shoulder, and on the grounds that it is the very issue that he had during the World Cup last year, they have decided not to take a chance with it," Halangoda was cited by ESPNcricinfo as saying.
In the mean time, Madushanka experienced a hamstring injury while preparing, he had played just a single match in the T20I series.
India's visit through Sri Lanka began on July 27 with the T20I series, with India getting a 43-run win. In the second T20I, India got a seven-wicket triumph in a downpour impacted match. In the mean time, the Men dressed in Blue secured a success in the super-over in the third match.
The R Premadasa Arena in Colombo is getting to have the 50-over matches. The three ODIs will be hung on August 2, August 4, and August 7.
Rohit is returning Indian varieties in the wake of driving Men dressed in Blue to a critical seven-go against South Africa in the last of ICC T20 World Cup at Barbados on June 29.
India's ODI Crew for Sri Lanka series: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Gasp (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.