<p>Muralitharan sustained the injury during his side’s two-wicket defeat against New Zealand in the tournament opener here on April 30. <br /><br />Team physiotherapist Tommy Simsek said Muralitharan has sustained a grade one strain on his right adductor muscle and will need up to three weeks’ rest.<br />“Clinical tests revealed a grade one strain of his right adductor muscle,” Simsek said in a statement released by Sri Lanka Cricket in Colombo. <br /><br />No replacement for 38-year-old spin wizard has been named by Sri Lankan team management. <br /><br />He took two wickets for 25 runs against New Zealand. Muralitharan has more international wickets than any other cricketer with 792 in 132 Tests and 512 in 334 ODIs. <br />He has 13 wickets in 10 Twenty20 Internationals.</p>
<p>Muralitharan sustained the injury during his side’s two-wicket defeat against New Zealand in the tournament opener here on April 30. <br /><br />Team physiotherapist Tommy Simsek said Muralitharan has sustained a grade one strain on his right adductor muscle and will need up to three weeks’ rest.<br />“Clinical tests revealed a grade one strain of his right adductor muscle,” Simsek said in a statement released by Sri Lanka Cricket in Colombo. <br /><br />No replacement for 38-year-old spin wizard has been named by Sri Lankan team management. <br /><br />He took two wickets for 25 runs against New Zealand. Muralitharan has more international wickets than any other cricketer with 792 in 132 Tests and 512 in 334 ODIs. <br />He has 13 wickets in 10 Twenty20 Internationals.</p>