Sri Lanka's Nissanka misses Pakistan Tests with injury

Sri Lanka Cricket says the opener failed to recover from a left hamstring injury; Lahiru Udara, already in Pakistan, replaces him for the two Tests.

Pathum Nissanka is out of Sri Lanka's two-Test series in Pakistan after failing to recover from a left hamstring injury.

Lahiru Udara, already with the one-day squad in Pakistan, has been named as his replacement.

The Tests are in Rawalpindi (9–13 November) and Lahore (17–21 November) in the World Test Championship cycle.

The series will be Sri Lanka's first in the format under new captain Kusal Mendis.

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