Dinesh Chandimal led Sri Lanka in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe last week © AFP
Dinesh Chandimal, the newly-appointed Sri Lanka Test captain, will miss the first Test against India in Galle starting July 26 after contracting pneumonia. Rangana Herath, who captained Sri Lanka in four Tests in the 2016-17 season, is likely to lead in his absence.
“We were actually only told late last night – the blood Test came a bit late. He’s got pneumonia,” Asanka Gurusinha, Sri Lanka’s cricket manager, confirmed on Friday. “He was admitted to hospital this morning at 9am, and he’s definitely out of the first Test.
“The doctors have advised us this morning to say: ‘Finish the first Test’ and they’ll advise us afterwards. If they tell us he needs another week to recover, that’s it. We can’t do anything.”
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo