Injured West Indian debutant, Jeremy Solozano has been ruled out of the first Test match against Sri Lanka. Solozano’s debut day was cut short by a horrific injury on Day 1 after he copped a vicious blow from Dimuth Karunaratne at short leg.
He was taken for scans after looking dazed from the blow and West Indies has updated late on Sunday night that Solozano had not suffered any structural damage but would be kept overnight for further observation.
After the 26-year-old got stretched off by the medical staff at Galle International Stadium in Colombo, Shai Hope fielded for the rest of the day and now, he has been named as the concussion substitute for the rest of the match as well.
The rule states that teams would have to play like-for-like replacements for the injured player and the 28-year-old right hand batter has been approved as the same.
Meanwhile, West Indies found early inroads into the Test match on Day 2 after being made to toil hard on the first day of the game.
At the time of writing Sri Lanka were batting at 345-6 having batted 121.4 overs. Dinesh Chandimal (37 off 71) and Suranga Lakmal (6 off 32) were at the crease.