Chandimal had sprinted throughout from deep midwicket to deep sq. leg earlier than throwing himself horizontally to intercept the shot from KL Rahul, within the fourth over of India’s second innings. Although he saved two runs, he landed laborious on his shoulder and he tumbled legs-over-torso, his neck and shoulder contorting beneath him.
He instantly collapsed on the opposite facet of the boundary, and seemed to be in severe discomfort as team-mates, the staff physiotherapist, and physician attended to him. He was seen clutching his neck and head at varied instances, in addition to his shoulder.
He ultimately acquired to his ft and walked into the dressing rooms, if fairly gingerly. He was changed by substitute fielder Pasindu Sooriyabandara on the sphere.
If the scans present a major harm to the neck, Sri Lanka might change Chandimal with a concussion substitute for the rest of the Take a look at. Sooriyabandara is the spare top-order batter within the squad.
Chandimal had scored simply 4 in Sri Lanka’s first innings once they put up 284 in reply to India’s 462, which gave the guests a lead of 178 runs earlier than the beginning of the fourth day’s play.
