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Dinesh Chandimal, Akila Dananjaya doubtful for Asia Cup

Sri Lanka will begin the Asia Cup 2018 without both players

Sri Lanka's hopes of adding their sixth Asia Cup title at the UAE has been dealt a severe blow as two Sri Lankan stars won't be starting their Asia Cup 2018 campaign. While spinner Akila Dananjaya will miss at least the first two matches as he awaits the birth of his first child, Dinesh Chandimal has a hairline fracture on his right-hand middle finger that could well rule him out of the tournament.

Chandimal suffered his injury while playing for Colombo in Sri Lanka's domestic T20 tournament. He is likely to be replaced by Niroshan Dickwella, who is on standby after missing the cut for Sri Lanka's Asia Cup 2018 squad.

Sri Lanka will be hoping that the update on Chandimal's condition which will be out this week will be positive and that he can play at least some part in the tournament.