Mendis to miss Bangladesh Tests
 Mendis won the ICC Emerging Player award in September |
Spin bowler Ajantha Mendis has been ruled out of Sri Lanka's forthcoming Test series in Bangladesh because of an ankle injury.
The 23-year-old, recently named world cricket's Emerging Player of the Year, suffered the injury in a club match.
Mendis will be replaced by Rangana Herath for the two-match series, which starts in Mirpur on 26 December.
But he hopes to play in the triangular one-day series, also involving Zimbabwe, which follows in January.
Mendis was an instant success when he made his Test debut against India earlier this year.
He took 26 wickets at a cost of only 18 runs each, breaking former England seam bowler Alec Bedser's 62-year-old record for the most victims in a three-match series.
Sri Lanka have won all 10 previous Test meetings with Bangladesh and, despite Mendis's absence, will be confident of extending that run.
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