Pathum Nissanka out of second Test with back injury

 Pathum Nissanka has been controlled out of the second Test against India, beginning Saturday in Bengaluru, due to a back physical issue. Dushmantha Chameera, who passed on the principal Test in Mohali, is likewise not accessible for choice as he proceeds with his recuperation from a lower leg injury.

Dimuth Karunaratne, the Sri Lanka skipper, said just before the pink-ball Test that Chameera's responsibility was being overseen till the T20 World Cup, which is planned for October this year, and that the fast would be accessible just for restricted overs games meanwhile period after his recuperation.

Chameera is likewise expected to be at the IPL, what starts March 26, where Lucknow Super Giants have him on their rolls in the wake of laying out INR 2 crore [USD 261,640 approx.] for his administrations at the uber closeout last month.

"The [Sri Lanka team] clinical board has let us know that we need to deal with his physical issue till the T20 World Cup, and that he ought to be utilized (just) for white-ball cricket," Karunaratne said.

Karunaratne had before expected to have Chameera in his side for the subsequent Test, having rested him for the principal game explicitly so he would be new for the Bengaluru match, which is to be played under lights. Chameera had played in every one of the eight T20 internationals Sri Lanka have played since mid-February (five in Australia, three in India), and is viewed as a fundamental piece of the restricted overs assault.

Nissanka's nonattendance would hurt Sri Lanka, as he was one of only a handful of exceptional up-sides for them in what the future held, having top-scored for Sri Lanka with an unbeaten 61 in the principal innings. However still right off the bat in his profession, he's likewise one of only a handful of exceptional Sri Lanka hitters with a normal north of 40.

With Lahiru Kumara additionally out of this Test with injury, Sri Lanka might check playing Chamika Karunaratne, the main other speedy in the crew out. On the batting front, Dinesh Chandimal will probably come into the XI instead of Nissanka.