Suranga Lakmal carries a splinter on left leg, fears surgery could reduce his career

Sri Lanka and Pakistan have currently locked horns for a 2-Test, 5-ODI and 3T20I series. The majority of the matches will be played at Pakistan’s adopted home ground in UAE.

However, Sri Lankans have agreed to play the last T20I at the iconic Gadaffi Stadium at Lahore, the same place from where they were airlifted post-terror attack on the team bus, seven years back in 2009.

Players such as Thilina Samaraweera, Ajantha Mendis and Suranga Lakmal were wounded during the incident. Lakmal still hasn’t been able to remove one of the splinters from the bullets, fearing that it would take out a substantial amount of game time from his career.

I am not too sure whether I will ever remove it: Lakmal

“Why I have not operated is that I am told after the operation, it takes a long time to recover. I will miss out on quite a bit of cricket. The other problem is that I can’t get an MRI scan done. If I do an MRI on my left leg, it comes blank,” disclosed Suranga Lakmal according to his interview with Cricbuzz.

“I am not too sure whether I will ever remove it. Once I am done with cricket, I will consult the surgeons and see. If they feel that it is not harmful to my body, I will let it be,” added Lakmal. The lanky fast bowler has no issues with the Sri Lankans returning back to Lahore to play the final match of the T20I series.

“We have to decide as a team, and whatever the decision the team takes, I will abide by it. I have never worked on my whims and fancies. I am a team man. If I get selected and if the team is willing to go, then I will be on that flight,” concluded Lakmal.