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There is not much time left for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 to start. The first match of this mega event will be played at 6 am on June 2, Indian time. This time the T20 World Cup is being jointly hosted by West Indies and America. A total of 20 teams are participating, which have been divided into different groups of 5 each. There is an atmosphere of great chaos in the Canadian team, which is included in Group-A with India, in which before the start of the tournament, the decision to suddenly remove Pubudu Dassanayake, who has been holding the post of head coach for the last two years, from his post. Has come forward.
Dassanayake played an important role in qualifying for the T20 World Cup
Qualifying for the T20 World Cup was a big deal for the Canadian team, in which Pubudu Dassanayake played an important role as the head coach. He was serving his second term in this position with the Canadian team. Before joining the Canadian team in 2022, Dassanayake has also served as the head coach for the Nepal and USA teams. Dassanayake, a former Sri Lankan player, has also played for the Canadian team.
Dassanayake was removed due to differences in the team
The biggest reason for the removal of Pubudu Dassanayake from the position of head coach of the Canadian team was the growing differences within the team. In fact, according to a report by Cricbuzz, there were differences in the team regarding Dassanayake for a long time, these differences increased so much that the players even asked their cricket board to remove Dassanayake from his post, although not all the players were involved in this. Were. Along with the removal of Dassanayake, the three-member committee of the Canada Cricket Board has removed two more members from their posts. This decision taken before the upcoming T20 World Cup has also raised questions about the performance of the Canadian team. While Canada has to play its first match against the host America, on June 7 and 11, it will play its matches against Ireland and Pakistan, while on June 15, the Canadian team will take the field to play its last group match against India.
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