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Colombo: The ICC has confirmed the event technical committee of the ICC World Twenty20 2010 has approved Thilan Thushara as a replacement player for the injured Muttiah Muralidaran in the Sri Lanka squad for the tournament, which runs until 16 May in the West Indies.
The confirmation was conveyed to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on behalf of the event technical committee on Friday. Thushara will replace Muralidaran, who is suffering from a groin injury. Muralidaran was declared unfit by his board and, as a result, the SLC chose to seek a replacement for the entire event.
The 29-year-old Thushara has represented Sri Lanka in nine Tests, 36 ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals (T20s). His last T20 appearance was against Pakistan in August 2009.
Thushara is the sixth player in the tournament to be replaced after Umar Gul, Yasir Afarat (both Pakistan), Virender Sehwag, Praveen Kumar (both India) and Brett Lee (Australia).
Any injury-based replacement requires a written submission to the event technical committee along with a diagnosis from a medical practitioner as to the extent of the injury. Once replaced, a player cannot return to the squad.
As with all players in the tournament, the eligibility of a replacement player is subject to approval by the ICC before that player can be officially added to the squad.
The event technical committee of the ICC World Twenty20 2010 consists of David Richardson (ICC, chairman), Robert Bryan (Tournament Director), Campbell Jamieson (IDI representative), Tony Howard (WICB representative), Alan Wilkins (independent nomination) and Sanjay Manjrekar (independent nomination).
Sri Lanka takes on Australia in its second Super Eight match at Kensington Oval on Friday with the match starting at 1330 local time. Sri Lanka's last Super Eight match against India is in St Lucia on Tuesday 11 May.
