{"id":3276,"date":"2012-03-15T08:50:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T08:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2012-03-15T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T08:50:33","slug":"asia-cup-sri-lanka-get-eranga-as-matthews-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3276","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup: Sri Lanka get Eranga as Matthews\u2019 replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mirpur: <\/strong>Sri Lanka suffered a major setback Wednesday after star all-rounder Angelo Mathews on Wednesday was ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup with a calf injury. He has been replaced with fast bowling all-rounder Shaminda Eranga.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last couple of days Angelo has had some fitness tests, he hasn&#8217;t pulled through those well, so we made a call to send him back home. He will try to get ready for the Test matches (against England) that starts in about 10 days. 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