ahmedabad gujarat titans gt on tuesday named dasun shanaka as a replacement for kane williamson for the ipl 2023 williamson had sustained an injury to his right knee while attempting to catch a shot by ruturaj gaikwad on the square leg boundary during titans opening encounter against chennai super kings in ahmedabad he fell awkwardly clutching his right kneeand was later ruled out of the current ipl season shanaka sri lankas whiteball captain is an explosive middleorder batter who also bowls rightarm seam he was on fire in the recent t20i series in india smashing 124 runs in three innings at a sr of 187 he was also sri lankas leading runscorer in the subsequent odi series scoring 121 runs in three innings signed for his base price of rs50 lakh this will be shanakas maiden ipl season