A painful incident happened in the ENG vs SL Test, A batsman got injured on a 149 KM/H bouncer, and had to be taken to the hospital!

The first match of the Test series between England and Sri Lanka is being played at Old Trafford in Manchester. On the third day of this match, Sri Lanka suffered a major setback during the second innings. A Sri Lankan batsman suffered a painful injury. Due to this injury, the Sri Lankan batsman had to leave the field in the live match. This incident happened on the second ball of the 18th over of Sri Lanka's second innings.

Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal has suffered a serious injury. In the 18th over of Sri Lanka's second innings, Chandimal got injured on a deadly ball from England's fast bowler Mark Wood. Wood's second ball of this over was a bouncer, which Dinesh Chandimal could not understand and this ball hit his thumb. After this incident, Chandimal's right thumb and index finger showed a lot of pain and the physio also had to come on the field. But the swelling of the thumb kept increasing and he could not play further. In such a situation, Dinesh Chandimal had to retire hurt.

When Dinesh Chandimal retired hurt and left the field, he was playing on 10 runs. According to media reports, after retiring hurt, Dinesh Chandimal was taken to the hospital. He was sent to the hospital for a scan as his injury was considered serious. However, Dinesh Chandimal's X-ray did not reveal any fracture and he can come back to bat again.

Sri Lanka's team scored only 236 runs in the first innings of this match. In response, England scored 358 runs in their first innings. On the second day of the game, a brilliant century was seen from the bat of England's young wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith. He scored this century at the age of just 24 years, 42 days. With this, Jamie Smith became the youngest wicketkeeper to score a Test century for England. Jamie Smith scored a total of 111 runs in this innings, due to which his team was able to score this big score in the first innings and gained a lead of 122 runs.