“The MRI scan is displaying a tear – not a giant tear,” Professor Arjuna de Silva, chair of SLC medical committee mentioned. “Clinically Theekshana is okay although. He is shifting round and never feeling an excessive amount of ache. He’ll positively be prepared for the World Cup. Really if we did not have a World Cup arising, we’d have one way or the other tried to get him prepared for tomorrow’s match. However we do not wish to take that danger. “
Theekshana had harm his proper hamstring whereas sliding close to the boundary towards Pakistan on Thursday and was tended to by the physio. He nonetheless continued to bowl three extra overs, hobbling to his bowling mark and seemingly dragged his proper leg to the bowling crease as he ran in.
He dished out just a few half-trackers however was unfortunate when an lbw enchantment towards Iftikhar Ahmed was not given. Whereas he was getting his proper hamstring attended to past the rope thereafter, he slammed the turf as the massive display screen returned three reds within the replays with ball-tracker after Sri Lanka determined towards the evaluate. He returned to bowl two extra overs earlier than being helped off the sector.
Theekshana is now the most recent in an extended line of injured gamers for Sri Lanka, with quick bowlers Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara and Dilshan Madushanka all lacking the Asia Cup along with Hasaranga.
With further inputs from Andrew Fidel Fernando
