Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal has been taken to a hospital for precautionary scans following an injury sustained during the first Test against India. The incident occurred on Day 4, when Chandimal injured his right shoulder and neck while attempting to prevent a boundary in the first session on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka Cricket reported that the batter was assessed by the team physiotherapist and doctor on-site before being transported to the hospital. Further updates regarding his condition will be provided once the scan results are available.
India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul played a sweep towards deep backward square leg, where Chandimal moved across from the left and slid to keep it to two runs. He stopped the ball but appeared to tumble over completely, with much of his body weight landing on his neck and shoulder.
The 36-year-old batter, who bats at No. 3, scored four runs off 16 balls in the first innings before falling to Manav Suthar , who impressed with his turn and bounce to claim figures of 4/76 and emerge as India’s standout bowler on Day 3. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 284, conceding a substantial 178-run lead to India. Besides Suthar, veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took 3/57 to complete a clinical bowling display for India. At the time of writing, India were 84/3 in the first session of Day 4, leading Sri Lanka by 262 runs, with Devdutt Padikkal (41*) and Rishabh Pant (4*) at the crease.
Chandimal was seen holding the back of his neck. The team physio came on to assess him before he was forced to leave the field. Kuldeep Yadav , Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna also picked up a wicket each as the visitors put themselves firmly in control of the contest.
