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title: "Suranga Lakmal plays international matches for which country?"  
description: "Suranga Lakmal plays international matches for which country?"  
author: "Austin Dcruz"  
published: 2022-02-14  
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# Suranga Lakmal plays international matches for which country?

Suranga Lakmal plays [international](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2891/lenovo-must-pay-interdigital-138-7-million-for-patents) matches for which [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

> **Suranga Lakmal, a veteran Sri Lankan fast bowler, would resign from international cricket once the team's tour of India concludes next month to join Derbyshire, an English county club.**

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**Arachchige Ranasinghe Suranga Lakmal i**s a former Test cricket captain and a professional **Sri Lankan cricketer** who competes in all kinds of sports. He bats right-handed and bowls right-handed. He began playing cricket at **Debarawewa National School in Tissamaharama.** He was initially named to the national squad for the 2008-2009 trip to [**Pakistan**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93112/why-is-nawaz-sarif-called-fugitive-pm-in-pakistan), where he was alleged to have been injured in a terror incident on the **Sri Lankan team by Pakistani terrorists.** \
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He had to carry the so-called 'foreign objects' in his body during his playing tenure on the doctors' advice to continue his cricketing career following the **2009 Lahore assaults,** in which he was gravely injured. Doctors urged **Lakmal** to take a two-year vacation from **[cricket](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95619/chris-morris-who-has-announced-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket-represented-which-country)** to eliminate the splinters on his right arm and leg, and he also had complex surgery to remove the splinters. He also had to contend with the fact that he was not permitted to pass through security checkpoints during his abroad visits with the **national side, attributed to the existence of foreign items in his body**. Furthermore, he was obliged to explain to security personnel why he had a fragment of a metal nanoparticle embedded in his left thigh whenever he passes through a security metal detector at major airports.


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