Groin injury rules http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KMDN-Kulasekara-c1802 out of series – Cricket News Update
Sri Lankan medium-pacer Nuwan Kulasekara will be sitting out the remainder of the ongoing 5-match ODI series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 after sustaining a groin injury during the first match, played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Sooriyawewa, Hambantota on July 21.
“Nuwan is out of the series. He has got a groin injury. We cannot get a scan here [in Hambantota]. Once we get back to Colombo, we will get a scan done and see the extent of the injury and how long he will have to be out,” said Lankan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397. “We will talk to the selectors [about a replacement].”
The 30-year-old injured his groin while attempting to run in from mid-off and dive forward to catch http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 who mistimed a shot off Thisara Perera in the 11th over. He managed a low catch, but replays declared Sehwag safe. Following the incident, Kulasekara did not bowl again, although he did come in to bat at number 11 when India had all but won the match.
The Lankans went on to concede a 21-run defeat, which sees them at a 0-1 disadvantage at the start of the series. Batting first, centurion http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 (50) got India up to an impressive total of 314, with Perera’s 3 for 70 going in vain.
The Lankans were unable to chase down the mammoth target, despite a valiant effort on part of wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 (133), and the hosts found themselves cut off at 293 by the end of 50 overs.
The second match of the series, due to be played at the same venue on July 24, affords the home team a chance to equalise, and a replacement for Kulasekara is likely to come from the Sri Lanka A team, which will be returning home following the recently wrapped-up http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 A Team Tri-Series.
“The A team guys probably would have arrived today in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 [after the Zimbabwe tri-series],” Jayawardene said. “There was a selector on [that] tour, so we will get some advice from him [as to] who was in good form.”
The most likely candidate from the Sri Lanka A squad appears to be medium pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahangama-Baduge-Tharanga-Lakshitha-c42297, who remained the top wicket-taker for his side and finished as the 6th highest wicket-taker throughout the tri-series, with 7 scalps at 20.14 from 3 innings, at an economy rate of 5.52.
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