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In a recent piece of news for Gujarat camp and their fans, Sri Lanka’s white-ball skipper Dasun Shanaka is set has replaced the injured and ruled out Kane Williamson. Notably, the latter has been ruled out of the entire edition of the ongoing Indian T20 League 2023 due to a knee injury; he sustained this injury while fielding during the tournament opener against Chennai at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Now, the media reports have learned that the Gujarat management has roped in the senior Sri Lankan southpaw as a replacement for the former New Zealand skipper and batting superstar, Kane Williamson.
Subsequently, a section of cricket fans has also come up with a lot of interesting reactions on the micro-blogging site Twitter. They also praised Shanaka for his heroics in limited-overs cricket at the highest level of the game.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Thats a great buy. He’s a brilliant prospect
— Sumit Agarwal 🇮🇳 (@sumitagarwal_IN) April 4, 2023
Inclusion of Dasun Shanaka in Gujarat titans can be blessings in disguise.
— Shakti Man 💥 (@IamShaktiMann) April 4, 2023
Gujarat titans now :) pic.twitter.com/tswQkHuPVh
Smart choice
— Rajdeep Basu (@RajdeepBasu19) April 4, 2023
Thats a great buy. He’s a brilliant prospect
— Sumit Agarwal 🇮🇳 (@sumitagarwal_IN) April 4, 2023
— Fluky Cricketer (@flukycricketer) April 4, 2023
I was hoping for it. No better replacement than him!
— Sonu Prajapati (@TechMumbaikar) April 4, 2023
Great pick and finally we can see him in IPL
— Saitama2911 (@saitama2911) April 4, 2023
Finally Dasun Shanaka..gets entry in IPL...🤗
— Rahul Yadav🇮🇳 (@KdrkyRahul) April 4, 2023
Ohhhh. Goodness me. They have got another good all rounder.
— Rahul 🇮🇳 (@Atoner_sharma) April 4, 2023
I was expecting KKR to pick him for Shakib.
Miller + Shanaka + Rashid + Tewatia
— Mahipal278 (@Mahipal278) April 4, 2023
Whatttt aa Finishing Lineup 🥵💥
Superb replacement...hope he gets a game though
— Darshan (@deekuonfire) April 4, 2023
Currently, Gujarat are locking horns with Delhi today in the ongoing seventh match of the Indian T20 League 2023; both teams are playing this match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Skipper Hardik Pandya has asked the hosts to bat first after winning the toss. At the time of filling this copy, David Warner’s men have scored 141 runs so far for the loss of six wickets in 18 overs having Axar Patel and Aman Hakim Khan there in the middle.
Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, and star bowling all-rounder Rashid Khan have scalped two wickets each for Gujarat so far.
Notably, Gujarat are coming off with a win in their campaign opener against Chennai on Friday, the 31st of March at their home ground in Ahmedabad.
Here’s a look at the playing XI of Gujarat for today’s match against Delhi:
Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya (C), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, and Mohammed Shami.