T20 World Cup 2022: Dushmantha Chameera of Sri Lanka ruled out of T20 WC 2022 due to injury, Chameera will miss Sri Lanka’s final Group A, Round One match against the Netherlands on 20 October at Simmonds Stadium, Geelong.
The match will be an important match for Sri Lanka:-
The match against Netherlands will be a crucial match for Sri Lanka to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the tournament.
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A report confirms that Chamera will be out of the game for the Netherlands, with her participation in the rest of the tournament in doubt.
Sri Lankan coach Chris Silverwood thinks it may have something to do with the weather, as temperatures in Geelong have often dropped into the low teens over the past two weeks.
“The boys are not used to the temperature we’re experiencing,” Silverwood said. “It’s definitely not Colombo. I’m cold too, a little bit.
We had a nice camp in Kandy before coming here:-
You can’t help it. The preparations and facilities provided to us after our early arrival were excellent.
The boys have prepared as best they can. We had a nice camp in Kandy before boarding the plane and coming here. We really made the best of what we did.”
Sri Lanka lost their opening match of the tournament against Namibia by 55 runs and bounced back with a 79-run win against UAE at Simmonds Stadium, Geelong.
“I think we adjusted very well today,” Silverwood said. “In the first game we didn’t read the conditions particularly well.
We certainly didn’t understand them. We are not hiding from it. This is something that we talked about quite honestly at Debrief.
He took 1 wicket against Namibia:-
Dushmantha Chamira has played both Sri Lanka’s matches against Namibia and UAE where she took 1 wicket against Namibia and 3 match-winning wickets against UAE.
“He faced the facts and came out today and applied himself better. The track was a bit slow. We saw if the bowlers hit it hard, it was very difficult to get them out.
So we have to be patient, we have to build the innings and that’s what we did for most of the time today.
“Pathum at the top of the order played a real match-winning knock. He should be very proud of himself for what he has done, which helped the team cross the line.
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Sri Lanka team for T20 World Cup 2022:-
- Dasun Shanaka (Captain), 2. Danushka Gunathilaka, 3. Pathum Nisanka, 4. Kusal Mendis, 5. Charith Aslanka, 6. Bhanuka Rajapakse, 7. Dhananjaya De Silva, 8. Vanindu Hasaranga, 9. Mahesh Thekshana, 10. Jeffrey Vandersay, 11. Chamika Karunaratne, 12. Dushmantha Chamira, 13. Lahiru Kumara, 14. Binura Madan Fernan.
