Sri Lanka suffered a massive blow during the second Test against India as seamer Nuwan Pradeep was ruled out of bowling for the remainder of India's first innings. Sri Lanka's manager Asanka Gurusinha confirmed the same to Cricbuzz.
Cricbuzz learns Pradeep will go through a MRI scan in the evening and his further participation in the game is highly doubtful.
Sri Lanka took a big gamble to play just one paceman in the second Test and with Pradeep ruled out and former captain Angelo Mathews not fit to bowl, they have to rely heavily on the part-time option of Dimuth Karunaratne.
India became the first visiting team to post 500+ in two successive Tests in Sri Lanka.
600/10 in Galle
622/9d in SSC
Fewest Tests to the double of 2000 runs & 200 wkts:
42 I Botham
50 Imran Khan/ Kapil Dev
51 R ASHWIN
54 R Hadlee
Six 50+ scores in India's innings:
- First such instance in a Test in SL
- Second instance for India in an away Test after Oval 2007
Eighth instance of a team scoring 600+ in two or more successive Tests - five of those by India. Second time India has done it away from home after 2004 (705 in SCG & 675 in Multan).
This is the second instance of a team scoring 600+ four times in a year - other was by India in 2007.