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IND vs SL Live: Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva added to depleted Sri Lankan squad for last two T20Is, Tests

IND vs SL Live: Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva added to depleted Sri Lankan squad for last two T20Is, Tests

IND vs SL Live: Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva With an injury crisis in the Sri Lanka camp, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board has sent a couple of players as backups for T20Is and Test matches in India. According to an official statement, the 28-year-old wicketkeeper batter Niroshan Dickwella and the 30-year-old all-rounder Dhananjaya […]

IND vs SL Live: Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva With an injury crisis in the Sri Lanka camp, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board has sent a couple of players as backups for T20Is and Test matches in India. According to an official statement, the 28-year-old wicketkeeper batter Niroshan Dickwella and the 30-year-old all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva have been picked for the T20Is. Follow IND vs SL 2nd T20 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN

IND vs SL Live: Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva added to depleted Sri Lankan squad for last two T20Is, Tests

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“Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya De Silva have been drafted into the T20I squad in place of injured Kusal Mendis and Maheesh Theekshana,” the SLC said in a statement.

The duo is in tremendous form and performed exceedingly well in the domestic games. They will look to emulate their great run in India.

Dhananjaya de Silva recent matches

MATCH BAT BOWL DATE GROUND FORMAT
Jaffna vs Colombo 79* 2/42 16-Feb-2022 Dambulla List A
Jaffna vs Galle 109* 1/42 13-Feb-2022 Pallekele List A
Jaffna vs Kandy 9 1/27 07-Feb-2022 Dambulla List A
Jaffna vs Dambulla 101 0/1 04-Feb-2022 Pallekele List A
Jaffna vs Colombo 11 0/41 01-Feb-2022 Colombo (SSC) List A
Jaffna vs Galle 55 4/27 30-Jan-2022 Colombo (PSS) List A
Jaffna vs Kandy 28 0/38 26-Jan-2022 Colombo (SSC) List A
Jaffna vs Dambulla 69 3/5 24-Jan-2022 Colombo (PSS) List A

 

Niroshan Dickwella recent matches

MATCH BAT WK DATE GROUND FORMAT
Kandy vs Galle 135 2c/2s 16-Feb-2022 Pallekele List A
Kandy vs Colombo 16 1c/1s 10-Feb-2022 Pallekele List A
Kandy vs Jaffna 45 0c/2s 07-Feb-2022 Dambulla List A
Kandy vs Galle 46 0c/0s 01-Feb-2022 Colombo (PSS) List A
Kandy vs Dambulla 12 2c/0s 30-Jan-2022 Colombo (SSC) List A
Kandy vs Colombo 16 0c/1s 28-Jan-2022 Colombo (PSS) List A
Kandy vs Jaffna 69 1c/0s 26-Jan-2022 Colombo (SSC) List A

 

The development comes as Maheesh Theekshana and Kusal Mendis have been ruled out of the T20I series against India.

“Both Mendis and Theekshana suffered hamstring injuries during the 5th T20I vs Australia. Maheesh Theekshana will return home, whilst Wanindu Hasaranga also will return home from Australia,” SLC added.

“Both players reached Lucknow on Thursday morning. They are quarantined for two days in the hotel (same hotel where both the teams are staying),” said a report published in cric-intra.com.

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Niroshan and Dhananjaya de Silva will be considered for the selection for the remaining two (Night) T-20Is to be played at Dharamshala on 26th and 27th Feb.

IND vs SL 2nd T20 Live: They will also be part of the two-Test matches to be played in Mohali (March 4-8) and Bangalore (March 12-16).

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