Sri Lanka suffer another major blow; 3rd pacer likely out of T20 World Cup 2022 due to injury

Sri Lanka's problems in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022 has not ended yet. One after another player of the Sri Lankan is being ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Today, October 19, Sri Lankan pacer Dushmanta Chameera was ruled out of the tournament due to a calf injury and now moving up the order, Sri Lanka have suffered another setback.

Let us inform that Sri Lanka, who were looking strong in fast bowling department before the start of the T20 World Cup, are now seen weakening after the start of the tournament. Significantly, the series of injuries to Sri Lankan fast bowlers in the T20 World Cup is causing the team a major headache.

First in the tournament was Dilshan Madhushanka, who had performed brilliantly in the Asia Cup 2022 and then, experienced pacer Dushmanta Chameera got injured in the match against UAE on October 18 and was ruled out of today's match due to a calf injury.

Let us inform that this series of injuries did not stop here and today another Sri Lankan fast bowler, Pramod Madushan has been ruled out of the important match against Netherlands due to hamstring injury.

According to ESPNCricinfo, Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka made a statement regarding Madhushan's health saying, "Medically, Madhushan's condition is not serious. He can recover in about a week." From this it can be guessed that he will not be able to play in the important match against Netherlands.

Sri Lanka will take on Netherlands on the 21st of October in the last round of matches of the round 1 as they bid to make it to the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup 2022. Sri Lanka really need to win the match against Netherlands to make it to the Super 12. They suffered a huge upset defeat against Namibia in their opening match of the tournament and then got a big win over UAE.