{"id":237802,"date":"2026-04-10T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/george-linde-to-replace-wanindu-hasaranga-in-lsg\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:34:21","slug":"george-linde-to-replace-wanindu-hasaranga-in-lsg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/george-linde-to-replace-wanindu-hasaranga-in-lsg\/","title":{"rendered":"George Linde to Replace Wanindu Hasaranga in LSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Lucknow Super Giants just got some tough news: their top spinner, Wanindu Hasaranga, is out for the rest of the IPL 2026 season. The team should announce a replacement within the next couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>Hasaranga\u2019s been sidelined since he tore his hamstring in Sri Lanka\u2019s opening match at the T20 World Cup 2026. According to ESPNcricinfo, he didn\u2019t complete the fitness tests required by Sri Lanka Cricket, which he needed to pass to get clearance for the IPL.<\/p>\n<p>Lucknow picked up Hasaranga at the auction for Rs 2 crore, but now they\u2019re set to bring in South African all-rounder George Linde as his replacement. \u201cWe\u2019re preparing for the fact that he can\u2019t join us,\u201d Tom Moody told ESPNcricinfo. \u201cWe should be announcing a replacement in the next 24 to 48 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Linde hasn\u2019t played in the IPL yet, but at 34, he\u2019s got plenty of T20 experience\u2014250 matches, 218 wickets, and 2,746 runs with a batting average of 19.47. If he joins LSG, he brings both skill and experience, and he\u2019ll be looking to make a mark in his first IPL stint.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, Lucknow sits fifth on the points table. They\u2019ve got two wins from three games and will want to keep the momentum going as the season rolls on.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cricinformer.com\/george-linde-to-replace-wanindu-hasaranga-in-lsg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknow Super Giants just got some tough news: their top spinner, Wanindu Hasaranga, is out for the rest of the IPL 2026 season. The team should announce a replacement within the next couple of days. Hasaranga\u2019s been sidelined since he tore his hamstring in Sri Lanka\u2019s opening match at the T20 World Cup 2026. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-237802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}