India vs Sri Lanka: Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva added to Sri Lanka Squad. Check Details

The Sri Lanka team have been marred with injury concerns in the squad, which have certainly affected team’s performance. They lost their last T20I series to Australia, and sustained an outright loss to the Indian team in 1st T20I as well. But the recent development will put the visitors in great stead ahead of the 2nd T20I at Dharamsala.

India vs Sri Lanka: Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva added to SL Squad

In the latest news development, the experienced players, Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya De Silva have been added to the Sri Lanka squad for the upcoming 2 T20Is. It is being said that the BCCI had accepted the request of Sri Lanka cricket board to allow the 2 players to be included in the squad. Here is that the source has said about the availability of Dickwella and Silva.

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“Both players have reached Lucknow on Thursday morning. They are quarantined for two days in the hotel (same hotel where both the teams are staying,” the source added.

The quarantine of two days will end on Friday, and both the players are expected to be featuring in the 2nd T20I on Saturday and bolster the team’s chances of levelling the series. The both players will be the part of Sri Lanka test team for 2 test match series against India to be played next month as well.

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The wicket keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella was banned by Sri Lanka cricket board due to breaching the bio bubble protocol in England last year, and will make a comeback in international cricket after June 2021. While Silva was dropped due to bad form.

IND vs SL 2nd T20I

If the sources are to be believed, the off spinner Maheesh Theekshana is ruled out of T20I series against India due to hamstring injury sustained during the final T20I against Australia. While there are doubts about the fitness of top order batsman Kusal Mendis as well.

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Sri Lanka Squad for 2nd T20I: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Charith Asalanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrama, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lahiru Kumara, Danushka Gunathilaka, Ashian Daniel, Shiran Fernando, Binura Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya De Silva.

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