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Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Hasan tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday and was ruled out of this week's first Test against Sri Lanka, the country's cricket authorities said.
Sri Lankan cricket greats Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have hit out at the government after five people were killed in political violence and more than 200 injured. Current and former cricketers enjoy a massive fan following in Sri Lanka and their comments carry weight. "Peaceful protesters demanding for their basic needs and rights attacked by despicable thugs and goons backed by the thugs and goons in the government. Disgusting," Sangakkara wrote on Twitter.
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne will once again captain the Sri Lanka team during their two-match Test series against Bangladesh later this month. Selectors named an 18-player squad for the crucial red-ball series on Wednesday, with a host of key players missing as Sri Lanka chase crucial World Test Championship points. SL batter Roshen Silva has opted out of the Bangladesh tour, with former skipper Angelo Mathews and right-hander Dhananjaya De Silva asked to help Karunaratne at the top of the Sri Lanka order.
Bangladesh suffered a blow ahead of next month's Test series against Sri Lanka with off-spinner Mehidy Hasan ruled out of at least the first match with a finger injury. Mehidy has been a regular starter for Bangladesh in Tests and is the country's third-highest wicket-taker in the format as well as a useful lower-order batter. Bangladesh Cricket Board physician Manzur Hossain told AFP that the 24-year-old fractured his right little finger during a domestic match at the weekend.
Currently in abysmal form, Mumbai Indians (MI) once again crashed to a defeat on Saturday, losing by 18 runs vs Lucknow Super Giants at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The franchise are currently bottom of the 10-team table and haven't yet registered a win in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season. Despite their poor run of form, the Rohit Sharma-led side have received unlikely support from former player Lasith Malinga. The legendary pacer, currently Rajasthan Royals' bowling coach, took to Twitter to lend his support to the franchise and backed them for "a strong finish to the season".
Sri Lanka announced four new coaching staff on Sunday to assist new head coach Chris Silverwood ahead of next month's two-match Test series in Bangladesh. Former Sri Lankan Test player Naveed Nawaz was named assistant coach for a two-year period, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.
Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga and fellow ex-skipper Sanath Jayasuriya have joined street protests demanding the president step down over the country's economic crisis. Cricket is avidly followed in the Indian Ocean island nation and the pair called on other former players to support attempts to oust President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The island nation is in the grip of its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, with severe shortages of essential goods and regular blackouts causing widespread misery.
Jay Shah, president of the Asian Cricket Council and the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Friday said the situation of hosting the Asia Cup 2022 in Sri Lanka, will be assessed after the final of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Asia Cup 2022 was scheduled to be hosted in Sri Lanka on August 27 but due to the ongoing economic crisis in the country, many questions are being raised.