IND vs SL: Maheesh Theekshana, Kusal Mendis ruled out of T20I series against India

The gamers’ accidents seem to be the unending growth within the ongoing T20I sequence between India and Sri Lanka. Forward of the three-match leg that began on February 24, either side have misplaced a number of of their star gamers as a consequence of respective accidents.

The pattern has continued with the most recent to function within the record are Maheesh Theekshana and Kusal Mendis, who’ve been dominated out of the continued sequence with hamstring points, confirmed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Friday as reported by ESPNcricinfo.

So as to add to the troubles, Lankan seam bowler Shiran Fernando, who’s within the squad and but to make his worldwide debut, has additionally been dominated out of the T20Is, as a consequence of a glute damage.

Notably, forward of the beginning of the T20I battle towards India, Sri Lanka’s mainstay in spin bowling Wanindu Hasaranga grew to become unavailable for choice as a consequence of COVID-19.

Within the absence of Hasaranga, Theekshana grew to become the go-to bowler for the Islanders. Nevertheless, with Theekshana additionally getting dominated out, the vacationers are in serious trouble to bounce again, particularly after shedding the sequence opener by 62 runs in Lucknow on Thursday.

Now, with the intention to strengthen their squad, Sri Lanka have added Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva – members of the Check squad – to the T20 arrange for the remaining fixtures.

Nevertheless, there was some kind of excellent news for the guests. Seamer Binura Fernando, who had examined constructive for Covid-19 in Australia, has been medically cleared to start out the common coaching. It’s anticipated that Fernando will likely be out there for choice for the remaining two matches, to be performed on February 26 and 27 at HPCA stadium in Dharmsala.

Theekshana has to date performed 15 T20Is, wherein he has taken 14 wickets at a mean of 25.64, with 3/17 being his greatest. Equally, Mendis has appeared in 32 T20Is, scoring 638 runs at a strike price of 124.36 with six half-centuries.