Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga retires from Take a look at cricket to lengthen white-ball profession

Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga introduced his retirement from Take a look at cricket on Tuesday, August 15. The Sri Lanka Cricket Board authorised his choice to retire from the longest structure of the sport on the age of 26.

Wanindu Hasaranga’s choice comes at a time when he’s on the top of his prowess in white-ball cricket. Sri Lanka Cricket, in a liberate, stated Hasaranga took the verdict to retire from Take a look at cricket to lengthen his profession in white-ball cricket.

Hasaranga performed 4 Take a look at suits for Sri Lanka after making his debut in December 2020. He ultimate performed a Take a look at for Sri Lanka in August 2021. The leg-spinner has now not been a standard a part of Sri Lanka’s Take a look at plans within the fresh previous.

“We will be able to settle for his choice and are assured that Hasaranga shall be an important a part of our white-ball program going ahead,” Ashley De Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket stated in a observation.

Hasaranga has been a key a part of Sri Lanka’s white-ball cricket plans since his debut in 2017. The all-rounder has featured in 48 ODIs and 58 T20Is for his nation, selecting up a complete of 158 wickets and scoring 1365 runs.

Lately, Hasaranga was once pivotal to Sri Lanka qualifying for the Cricket International Cup 2023 when they emerged victorious within the Qualifier in Zimbabwe, with Hasaranga completing as the highest wicket-taker within the event with 22 scalps.

Hasaranga has been in fantastic shape within the Lanka Premier League, selecting up 11 wickets and scoring 212 runs, together with two fifties for Kandy.

Revealed On:

Aug 15, 2023