Vijayakanth Viyaskanthhas been named as the replacement of Wanindu Hasarangaby SRH
What Tuesday Sunrisers Hyderabad confirmed that spinner WaninduHasaranga was ruled out of IPL season 2024 because of an injury. They have named fellow Sri Lanka bowler VijkayakanthViyaskanth as his replacement.
Viyaskanth the leg-break bowler has played around 33 T20 matches and has taken 42 wickets. He has also played one T20I where he recorded figures of one for 28.
Last week Multiple media reports set that Sri Lanka cricket had inform the BCCI about the unavailability of Hasaranga for IPL 2024 because of foot injury. SRH signed Hasaranga for Rs. 1.5 crore during the mini auction in December.
Vijayakanth plays for MI Emirates in the international T20 and the ChattogramChallengers in Bangladesh Premier League apart from Jaffna kings in Lanka Premier League. After 4 games SRH is placed at fifth in the points table with two victories and two losses.