Muttiah Muralitharan has been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan in Galle starting on Saturday due to a minor knee injury. The offspinner hurt his patella tendon while training on the eve of the game and has been advised rest. The selectors have called up left-arm spinner Rangana Herath and offspinner Suraj Mohamed as replacements.
“He was doing his warm-ups and he suddenly felt a bit of discomfort in his right knee,” Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lankan captain, said. “He bowled for 40 minutes after that and felt good. We took a precautionary scan, but he was feeling fine. The physio’s advise was to wait for the report.
This is good news for Pakistan as Murali is a very experienced and dangerous bowler. In his absence the Sri Lankan attack looks very inexperienced.
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