CALL-UP: Tharanga replaces injured Mendis

MELBOURNE: Sri Lanka all-rounder Jeevan Mendis has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a hamstring injury and batsman Upul Tharanga has been called up as a replacement, said captain Angelo Mathews on Wednesday.

Mendis, 32, a left-handed batsman and right-arm leg-spinner, suffered the injury during training on Tuesday.

“Unfortunately, Mendis is out for two to three weeks,” said Mathews. “ Tharanga is expected to arrive tonight [Wednesday] but we have yet to decide if we will play him or not against Bangladesh.”

Tharanga, 30, has played 176 ODIs in which he has scored 5,339 runs at an average of 33.57. He has also hit 13 centuries and 28 half-centuries.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 26^th, 2015.

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