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Rangana Herath to lead Sri Lanka in Test series against Bangladesh
Bangladesh will be travelling to Sri Lanka for a month-long tour where they will play two Tests, three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) games from Match 2 to April 6.
Veteran left-arm spinner Rangana Herath will be leading the Sri Lanka Test team when Bangladesh come over for a full series starting March. The decision to appoint Herath as the skipper came after Sri Lanka’s usual skipper Angelo Mathews was ruled out due to a hamstring injury which he sustained in the series against South Africa at Johannesburg. Herath will be leading the Sri Lankan Test squad for the second time after a successful 2-0 victory in Zimbabwe. Bangladesh will be travelling to Sri Lanka for a month-long tour where they will play two Tests, three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) games from Match 2 to April 6.
Herath has emerged as a lynchpin bowler for Sri Lanka in Test cricket since their emphatic home series victory (3-0) against Australia. Herath rattled the strong Australian batting lineup throughout the three-game Test series emerging as the highest wicket-taker (28) in the end. He carried on with his terrific form against the lowly Zimbabwe bagging 19 wickets in just 2 Tests. But his form dipped against South Africa where he managed to get just 3 wickets in as many Tests. Herath is the second highest wicket-taker from Sri Lanka (357) after legendary Muttiah Muralitharan (800).
Hence keeping in mind the amount of success Herath has garnered, and also with the fact of how lethal he can be in sub-continental conditions, Herath has emerged as an apt replacement for Mathews.
Mathews has been advised four weeks of rest and rehabilitation but is expected to lead the side for the ODIs which start from March 25 followed by the T20I series.
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