Spinner Mendis recalled by Sri Lanka


  • Cricket
  • Thursday, 23 Jan 2014

Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis (C) celebrates with his teammates after taking the wicket of West Indies Chris Gayle during their Twenty20 World Cup final cricket match in Colombo October 7, 2012. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka have recalled spinner Ajantha Mendis for the two-test series in Bangladesh after he missed this month's series against Pakistan.

He replaces off-spinner Sachitra Senanayake in the 15-man squad for the tests in Dhaka and Chittagong.

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