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Shoulder injury rules Sri Lanka's Thushara out of tour

Source REUTERS
Last Updated: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 19:09 hrs
<span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; ">Thilan Thushara</span>

Ahmedabad: Paceman Thilan Thushara will miss the reminder of Sri Lanka's tour of India because of a shoulder injury, his country's cricket board said on Tuesday.

Thushara was forced out of the first match of the three-test series which started on Monday when he injured the shoulder in training the previous day and felt too much pain to risk playing against Indi

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"Thilan Thushara will return to Sri Lanka due to a shoulder injury and will probably not be match fit for approximately two-to-four weeks," a Sri Lanka Cricket statement said, adding that Dilhara Fernando would be brought in as a replacement.

Thushara will also miss the five one-dayers and two Twenty20 internationals that follow the test tour.

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