Sri Lanka’s Injury prone limited-overs captain Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of the remainder of the Bangladesh tour due to a hamstring injury, Cricket Age learns.
“Selectors made a big blunder by picking unfit Mathews for the Bangladesh tour and paid the price. Now SLC want a full rehabilitation for him before rushing back to the team again” a top official of SLC told Cricket Age.
Mathews, who picked up the injury during the tri-nation ODI tournament that Sri Lanka won in Bangladesh last month, will miss the second and final Test against the hosts as well as the two T20 matches that follow.
Mathews, 30, was recently named as Sri Lanka’s captain in the shorter format until the 2019 World Cup. But he has been beset by injuries and now faces a race against time to be fit for a T20 tri-nation tournament at home involving Bangladesh and India. The tri-series will be played at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium from March 8.
