After losing their opening fixture against Zimbabwe of the tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka suffered a further blow as captain Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of their second game of the competition against Bangladesh.
Mathews has been troubled by a right hamstring injury since January last
year and the injury flared up again after Sri Lanka's 12-run defeat to
Zimbabwe on Wednesday. Sri Lanka had not named a vice-captain for the
tri-nation series, but SLC officials confirmed that Test captain Dinesh
Chandimal will lead the side in Mathews's absence.
Mathews will remain in Dhaka until the assessment is made. A call will
be made on whether he will remain in Dhaka or fly back home.
Top-order batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama has been kept on
stand-by and will fly to Dhaka, but will not be
available to play the game against Bangladesh. Either Danushka
Gunathilaka or Niroshan Dickwella will come in as replacement for
Mathews.
Mathews has been troubled by a series of calf, hamstring and ankle injuries since returning home early from the tour of South Africa in January in last year. He missed the tour of Australia and the entire home series against Bangladesh.
