GALLE (SRI LANKA): Sri Lankan Skipper, Dictut Karunaratne slammed a hundred unbeaten to give his team up on Sunday’s opening test against West Indies, which debuted Jeremy Solozano was hospitalized after being hit by Hospital.
Bad light forced the early tip to play a day in the galle with two remaining overs and finishing hosts at 267-3.
Karunaratne rose throughout the day after winning a throw on a slow surface, making 139-run stands for the first goal with Pathum Nissanka.
Roston Chase’s part-time spinner fired Oshada Fernando and Angelo Mathews for three each in quick succession to bring West Indies back into the game.
But Sri Lanka rolled the initiative because Karunaratne shared a 97-run partnership with Dhananjaya de Silva for the fourth goal.
It is the 13th century Karunaratne and the fourth year.
He has pocketed more than 750 runs in 2021, including a career – best against Bangladesh, even though it only plays 10 innings.
West Indies scare when Karunaratne tried a full-blooded shot from Bowling Chase and the ball hit a helmet Grill from Solozano, which deployed short feet.
Medical staff attended him on the ground before he was taken a stretcher to the ambulance waiting.
“He underwent a scan in a hospital in Colombo and would be stored overnight for observations,” Arjuna de Silva, the Head of the Sri Lankan Cricket Medical Panel, told AFP.
“There is no internal bleeding and scanning does not show structural damage,” he added.
He underwent scanning at the Hospital in Colombo, and will be stored overnight for observation, West Indies said in the media release.
Shannon Gabriel gave a breakthrough for tourists when he had Nissanka – which pursued full delivery outside the outside-arrested by Rahkeem Cornwall on the first slip to 56.
“We have to show patience and see through the first session.
We overcome the difficult period and since the time It’s good to hit, “Nissanka told reporters.
“Disappointed I did hard work and couldn’t make the most of the start I got,” he added.
But they wasted the opportunity to stop Karunaratne at 14, when Cornwall found the edge of the bat but Jermaine Blackwood on the slip could not survive when he tried to take one hand.
West Indies were not successfully reviewed after Karunaratne played an unusual upside down sweep from the orthodox round of Jomel Warrican’s left arm and the ball crashed into his front pad.
The television replay shows its impact outside of the stump.
The tourists lost their second review on the appeal was caught against Nissanka from Bowling of Chase.
They were rejected the second goal in the afternoon session when Warrican failed to take a catch back with Fernando on three.
But the suspension of his sentence was short, with Fernando was captured well by the Bonner Nkrumah on short feet to make his first goal chase.
Fixed half an hour Mathews in the folds are not convincing and West Indies continues to attack with strict field settings.
In an effort to break the shackles, Mathews took Chase trying to clean the limit but found the Lone Fielder Jason holder in the middle of the goal.
West Indies took the second new ball immediately after 80 overs but could not damage the Karunaratne-de Silva partnership.
The tourists have surprised fans by leaving yesterday roach, their most experienced player and the highest highest test goalkeeper.
Test 1: Sri Lanka took the upper hand on day 1 against West Indies
