Sri Lanka Cricket – Bhanuka Rajapaksa Announces Retirement: Bhanuka Rajapaksa on Wednesday tendered in his letter of resignation to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), announcing his retirement with immediate effect – Follow Cricket News LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
In the letter submitted to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), 30-year-old Rajapaksa cited family obligations as his reason for early retirement.
“I have very carefully considered my position as a player, husband and am taking this decision looking forward to fatherhood and associated familial obligations,” he said in his letter of resignation.
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Sri Lanka Cricket – Bhanuka Rajapaksa Retirement: Rajapaksa represented Sri Lanka in five ODIs and 18 T20Is, scoring a total of 409 across formats which included two fifties. He was part of Sri Lanka’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 squad, where he finished as the third-highest run-scorer for the Lions in the tournament with 155 runs in eight matches.
Why Bhanuka Rajapaksa Announces Retirement? The board has increased the fitness challenges for the Sri Lankan players and Rajapaksa feared his game could be affected due to it. The skin fold level has been lowered to 70 from 85 by the cricket administration.
Rajapaksa felt that one of his strengths which is power-hitting could be at risk if he matches the skin fold level standards. The introduction of the 2 km test has also added to the woes of the left-hander, as the benchmark has been changed from 8.55 minutes to 8.10 minutes. Former Sri Lanka cricketer Lasith Malinga has opened up on the matter asking Rajapaksa to reconsider his decision to retire.
Sri Lanka Cricket – Rajapaksa has a lot more to give to Sri Lankan cricket, feels Lasith Malinga
Lasith Malinga tweeted that the international challenges will ask a lot of questions to the players and clearly wants the 30-year-old to continue representing his country. Rajapaksa had a good T20 World cup 2021 for Sri Lanka playing an important role in the middle order. He has so far represented the Island nation in 5 ODIs and 18 T20 internationals after making his debut in 2019
“Representing your country at the international level is not an easy task and players always face so many challenges. I truly believe that @BhanukaRajapak3 has a lot more to give to Sri Lankan cricket and I request him to reconsider his decision to retire from international cricket” Lasith Malinga reacted on Twitter to Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s sudden retirement call,” the tweet read.
