Sri Lanka’s Chamara Kapugedera out of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 with knee injury

Chamara Kapugedera sustained a knee injury in practice and will now be replaced by Danushka Gunathilaka in Sri Lanka’s ICC Champions Trophy squad.

Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Kapugedera has been ruled out of the ongoing Champions Trophy with a knee injury sustained during practice and will be replaced by Danushka Gunathilaka, the cricket board has said.

Chamara Kapugedera is now ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy with a knee injury. (REUTERS)

Kapugedera, who scored a duck in Sri Lanka’s first Group B match against South Africa, was hit on the knee during Wednesday’s fielding practice.

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“SLC Medical experts have recommended a supervised convalescence of two weeks,” Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.

Aggressive left-handed batsman Gunathilaka is set to open the innings against India later on Thursday, taking the spot of stand-in skipper Upul Tharanga who is serving a two-match suspension for slow over rate in the defeat by South Africa.

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Regular skipper Angelo Mathews, who missed the match against South Africa with a calf injury, has said he would play the match against India even if just as a batsman.