Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal to miss Pakistan test series due to dengue
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Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal will miss a two-match Test series in Pakistan after contracting dengue fever, Sri Lanka’s cricket board announced Sunday.
He will be replaced by Asitha Fernando, who will join the squad for the second match of the series. Sri Lanka have also given former skipper Dinesh Chandimal a chance to fight his way back into the national team, now led by Dimuth Karunaratne.
The 30-year-old Chandimal played his last Test in Australia in February.
He was included in the squad that played New Zealand in August but did not play a match.
The Test squad left Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo Sunday after receiving blessings from Buddhist monks.
Sri Lanka lost October’s three-match one-day international series in Pakistan, but won the three T20 matches.
New skipper Karunaratne was one of the eight players who stayed away from that tour.
The first Test will be played in Rawalpindi from December 11.
Sri Lanka squad:
Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Dilruwan Perera, Lasith Embuldeniya, Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, and Lakshan Sandakan. Substitute player from the end Test: Asitha Fernando.
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