Sri Lankan veteran Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath rule out of the series.
Sri Lankan veteran Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath rule out of the series.
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After a huge defeat in the second test against the host India. After inferior performances on the field are not enough for the visitor Sri Lanka suffered a huge body blow on Tuesday when their most experienced spinner, left-armer Rangana Herath was ruled out of the rest of the series and will return back to home, it has been faithfully learnt.

Rangana Herath, who played in both the first and second Tests in Kolkata and Nagpur, respectively, suffered back pain during the second Test that ended here on Monday. Herath has been repeatedly troubled by his back off late which lead him and visitor in trouble.

The 39-year-old, who took only one wicket in the two Tests this series, suffered back pain when India were in Sri Lanka earlier this year and missed the third Test in Pallekele after playing in the first two in Galle and Colombo.

Herath will be replaced by another leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay, who is scheduled to arrive in India on Tuesday night. Herath will travel with the team to New Delhi on Wednesday and return from there to Colombo on Thursday. Vandersay has played in limited-overs for Sri Lanka but is yet to make his Test debut for his nation. Sri Lanka Cricket were looking at left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara, who debuted against India in Colombo. However, he failed a fitness test hence, it left him letting the 27-year-old Vandersay fly to India.

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