DTVHINDIIs Sri Lanka’s Dasun Shanaka being declared a cursed player? He made a double hat-trick of shameful record
Dasun Shanaka has registered an embarrassing record, becoming the first player to take a hat-trick of ducks twice in his T20I career. (Source X) Dasun Shanaka Duck out Record in T20I: The 3 match T20 series between India and Sri Lanka is starting from 27th July. India has played 2 matches in which it has taken a 2-0 lead. While Sri Lanka is losing matches on one hand, on the other hand, it seems as if bad luck is chasing the team’s experienced all-rounder Dasun Shanaka. In fact, Dasun Shanaka has been a victim of duck out in both the matches played. In the first match, he was run out without playing a ball, while in the second T20 match, he was out after playing 1 ball. Dasun Shanaka took a hat-trick of duck outs In fact, before this, Dasun Shanaka returned to the pavilion on zero in his last T20 match against the Netherlands. With this, he has made a hat-trick of ducks in T20 Internationals this year. Let us tell you that this is not the first time that Shanaka has been out on zero 3 times in a row in men’s T20 Internationals. Earlier in 2017, Shanaka was out for zero in T20I against India-Pakistan and Australia. Dasun Shanaka has made an embarrassing record to his name. Shanaka has become the player to take a hat-trick of duck outs twice in his T20 International career. See these figures- Dasun Shanaka’s 2 duck out hat-tricks (0, 0, 0) in 2017 — vs AUS, IND, PAK (0, 0, 0) in 2024 — vs NETH, IND, IND Dasun Shanaka was once a big threat for India, but now he has once again become the duck man of this Sri Lankan team. On the other hand, fans on the internet are calling him a Panauti Player while some are calling him the King of Bad Luck. India took a 2-0 lead by winning the second T20 match India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. In the second T20 match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bowl first. Sri Lanka scored 161 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Due to rain interruption, India got a target of 78 runs in 8 overs to win. Team India won the match by scoring 81 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 6.3 overs.
Know why Dasun Shanaka left the captaincy of Sri Lankan cricket team?
Youth are doing well and this is the right time- Shanaka Dasun Shanaka. (Image Source: Twitter) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had recently made a big announcement and informed that 32-year-old all-rounder player Dasun Shanaka will not be seen captaining the team. Shanaka was replaced by Kushal Mendis in ODI and Wanindu Hasaranga in T20. Whereas in the biggest format of the game i.e. Test cricket, Dimuth Karunaratne will be seen captaining the team. On the other hand, now a big statement of Dasun Shanaka has come out regarding leaving the captaincy of Sri Lankan cricket team. Shanaka has pointed out how to prepare a young player for the upcoming Cricket World Cup. He has also said that whenever the young player needs anything, he will be seen helping him. Dasun Shanaka gave a big statement Let us tell you that Dasun Shanaka said on Cricbuzz – Young players are playing well at the moment. You know this is a good time to leave the captaincy, if he needs any support I am always there. If I give my opinion they will definitely listen. We need to prepare for the next World Cup. I personally think it was the right time for this change. Shanaka further said about his captaincy – I was never meant to be a captain. I was never ready for it and you know how I got captaincy. But I was happy after that. Nobody knew whether he could become captain. I also did not expect to become the captain. See, there was a time when no one had any interest in the Sri Lankan cricket team. We were losing to every team, so after this my plan was to create a core team, perform for the team and work as a unit. We wanted to attract the cricket community in Sri Lanka, to some extent we managed to do that.
