Video: The ball hit the head straight, the young player landed to play the debut match, hospitalized

The ball hit his helmet standing at short leg, after which he fell on the ground. Seeing his condition deteriorating, he was taken off the field with the help of a stretcher. The West Indies team management posted on social media a short time later that the player was not feeling well and took him to a hospital in Colombo for a scan and further treatment. has gone.

The matter is of the 24th over in the first session of the match. Bowling Roston was chasing. Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne played a pull shot off the short ball, which hit the grille of the helmet and came off the back of 26-year-old Jeremy’s helmet.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat at the Galle International Stadium. After the end of the first day’s play, Sri Lanka stood in a strong position. Captain and opener Dimuth Karunaratne is unbeaten on scoring a century. He will open his innings on the second day with 132 runs.

He added a century partnership with Prathum Nisanka (56). Dhananjay de Silva (56 not out) helped handle the innings after three wickets fell in the form of Fernando and Mathews.

Karunaratne, however, also got a gift of life. When he was batting on 14, Rahkim Cornwall’s ball took the outer edge of his bat and reached the hands of Jermaine Blackwood standing in the slips but the West Indies vice-captain squandered an easy opportunity. In a hurry to take wickets, West Indies lost both their reviews in the first session itself.