Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal was hospitalized for precautionary scans after sustaining a shoulder and neck injury while fielding on Day 4 of the first Test against India. The incident occurred during the first session on Tuesday when Chandimal dove to stop a boundary, resulting in injury to his right shoulder and neck. Sri Lanka Cricket reported that he was assessed by the team’s physiotherapist and doctor before being taken to the hospital. Further updates on 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.
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.
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.
