Dhananjaya de Silva quits tour after father's murder

The player's father Ranjan, a local politician, was gunned down in Ratmalana, a suburb of the capital Colombo, close to midnight on Thursday, police said. An investigation is underway but no arrests have been made.

Cricket officials said 26-year-old de Silva withdrew from the tour that involves three Test matches.

Sri Lanka's cricket board will not replace allrounder him who withdrew from the tour following the murder of his father, officials said Friday.

"There will be no replacement for Dhananjaya," a board official said. "Instead of a 17-member squad, we will now have 16."

Sri Lanka Cricket said it will support the 26-year-old Dhananjaya "at this time of sorrow and grief".

Sri Lanka will also miss opener Dimuth Karunaratne who fractured a finger while batting in the nets this month as he prepared for a domestic tournament.