Sri Lanka dealt with another injury blow ahead of T20I series against India

Nuwan Thushara has been ruled out of the T20I series against India after sustaining a fractured thumb on his left hand during a fielding session on Wednesday.

Although the injury is to his non-bowling hand, it was deemed serious enough for Sri Lanka to remove Thushara from the squad before the first match to be played on Saturday, 27 July.

Dilshan Madushanka has been named as Thushara's replacement in the squad. The left-arm pacer had a breakout tournament at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, where he finished as the third-highest wicket-taker with 21 scalps in nine matches.

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