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Only a few days are left for IPL 2024 to start. The first match will be played on 22 March. Mumbai Indians team will play its first match in IPL 2024 against Gujarat Titans on March 24. Mumbai Indians have appointed Hardik Pandya as captain in place of Rohit Sharma before IPL 2024. Mumbai has won the IPL trophy five times under the captaincy of Rohit. Now before the start of IPL, a star player of Mumbai Indians has been injured. Due to this, the problems of Mumbai Indians have increased.
Dilshan Madushanka injured
A three-match ODI series is being played between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Two matches of the series have been played and the series is tied at 1-1. But in the second match of the series, Sri Lankan team's young fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka got injured. For this reason he will not take part in the series further. Dilshan Madushanka injured his left hamstring while bowling in the second ODI. This was confirmed in the MRI scan.
Mumbai Indians got a shock
Dilshan Madushanka's injury is no less than a blow for Mumbai Indians. Mumbai team bought him for Rs 4.60 crore. Whereas its actual price was only Rs 50 lakh. The bowler will have to be out for one to two weeks due to a hamstring injury. In such a situation, it seems difficult for him to play in the initial matches of IPL 2024.
Strong performance in ODI World Cup
Dilshan Madushanka has performed well in recent times. In the ODI World Cup 2023, he took a total of five wickets against the Indian team. He took a total of 21 wickets in 9 matches of the ODI World Cup 2023 and emerged as the biggest match winner for the Sri Lankan team. He has taken 41 wickets in 23 ODI matches and 14 wickets in 14 T20 matches for Sri Lanka. Apart from this, he has also played a test match.
