Legspinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth has been added to Sri Lanka 's T20I squad for the T20I tri-series in Pakistan as cover for allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga , who has a hamstring injury.

Hasaranga has not been ruled out of the series yet. He picked up the hamstring niggle during the second game of the ODI series against Pakistan and subsequently missed the third ODI as Sri Lanka suffered a 3-0 defeat.

Viyaskanth will join the team directly from Qatar, where he was playing for Sri Lanka A in the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament. He has represented Sri Lanka just once in senior cricket, making his debut in the Hangzhou Asian Games in October 2023.

Viyaskanth first rose to prominence in December 2020, when he became the youngest player at 18 years and 364 days to feature in the

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