{"id":23968,"date":"2026-02-19T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sri-lanka-suffer-another-injury-setback-at-mens-t20-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:42","slug":"sri-lanka-suffer-another-injury-setback-at-mens-t20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sri-lanka-suffer-another-injury-setback-at-mens-t20-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka suffer another injury setback at Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The 23-year-old collapsed during his first over against Australia in Pallekele and did not return, though Sri Lanka went on to claim an eight wicket win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">Dilshan Madushanka has been approved as his replacement. It&#8217;s the second major blow for the islanders after Wanindu Hasaranga was sidelined with a hamstring injury in the opener against Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13161,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-23968","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Sri Lanka have suffered another injury setback at the Men's T20 World Cup, with Matheesha Pathirana ruled out of the tournament after straining a muscle in his left leg","published_date":"2026-02-19 00:00:00","news_description":"Sri Lanka have suffered another injury setback at the Men's T20 World Cup, with Matheesha Pathirana ruled out of the tournament after straining a muscle in his left leg","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26787,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23968\/revisions\/26787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}