Sri Lanka batter Silva to miss Asian Games with finger injury
Sri Lankan cricketer Nilakshika Silva will miss the Asian Games due to a fractured finger. This is a significant setback for the team, which recently reached the final of the Women's Asia Cup.
Why it matters
The injury impacts the competitive outlook for Sri Lanka's women's cricket team in an upcoming major regional tournament.
Sri Lanka's hopes of a women's cricket medal at the Asian Games have suffered a blow after batter Nilakshika Silva was ruled out due to a fractured finger, the country's board (SLC) said.
The middle-order batter was Sri Lanka's top scorer at the Women's Asia Cup and helped them reach the final of the Twenty20 tournament where they lost to India on Sunday.
Sri Lanka, one of the top seeds in the eight-team knockout tournament at the Aichi-Nagoya Games, are also without spinner-allrounder Dewmi Vihanga, who suffered a knee injury before the Asia Cup.
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