Virender Sehwag was ruled out of the one-day series against SLanka owing to his ankle injury, Sehwag, who sustained the injury during practice session on Sunday had missed the opener of the five-match ODI series.

“Sehwag’s injury is bad and he will miss the remainder of the series,” Indian team manager Sanjay Desai said on Monday.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni during his press conference after the first ODI on Monday, said the team would miss the in-form opener.