All-rounder Chamika Karunaratne will replace captain Dasun Shanaka for the rest of Sri Lanka's Cricket World Cup campaign, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said. 

In a post on its official instagram, SLC said that the tournament's Event Technical Committee had approved the replacement, after Shanaka suffered a right thigh muscle injury during Sri Lanka's second World Cup match against Pakistan on Sunday. 

Sri Lanka's captain, Dasun Shanaka, will not be able to play in the upcoming World Cup match against Australia due to a quadriceps injury