Shanaka set to replace the injured Curran at Rajasthan Royals

Dasun Shanaka is set to replace the injured Sam Curran at Rajasthan Royals (RR) for IPL 2026 and you’ve got knowledgeable his PSL staff, Lahore Qalandarsof his resolution. The formalities for the change are being accomplished, it has been realized.

Curran, who was a part of a pre-auction commerce between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and RR wherein CSK acquired Sanju Samson and RR additionally obtained Ravindra Jadeja, you have a groin issuewhich has dominated him out of the IPL.

Qalandars, in the meantime, are changing Shanaka with Australia allrounder Daniel Sams.

Shanaka, a lower-order batter and medium-pace bowler who led Sri Lanka at the latest T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, is available in with good batting type: he hit a 20-ball 50 towards Oman and 76 not out in 31 balls towards Pakistan. He has performed one season of the IPL in the previous, in 2023, when he performed three video games for Gujarat Titans (GT) with unspectacular returns.

He turns into the second participant to stroll away from his PSL staff to be a part of an IPL franchise in the previous few days after Blessing Muzarabani opted out of his take care of Islamabad United as soon as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) reached out to him to be a substitute for Mustafizur Rahman, who the staff had to launch on directions from the BCCI due to geopolitical tensions between India and Bangladesh.

For RR, Shanaka joins a powerful record of abroad gamers, the others being Shimron Hetmyer, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Kwena Maphaka and Adam Milne.

RR, who completed one off the backside final season, start their IPL 2026 marketing campaign subsequent Monday, March 30, in Guwahati towards CSK.