Dilshan sprains ankle during practice

Mumbai: Tour to India didn’t start on a very good note for the Sri Lankan team. First, rain gods snatched away from them their only chance to get some match practice before embarking on an important series and then their batting received a setback as their dashing opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan sprained his ankle during practice.

Sri Lankan opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan sprained his ankle during practice. © AFP

After the first day of Sri Lanka’s three-day practice match against the Board President’s Eleven was washed off due to continual rains in Mumbai, the visitors practiced in the indoor nets at the Bandra Kurla complex cricket ground. It was during this practice that Dilshan twisted his ankle and was rushed to the Hinduja hospital for an x-ray.

However, on his return, the aggressive batsman said there was nothing serious about his injury and he is more than hopeful to play n the first Test starting on 16th November.

“Its just a sprain, there is nothing to worry about. I’ve been asked to rest for 3-4 days after which I should be totally fit,” Dilshan said.

Though he was limping, Dilshan was fit enough to referee a football game that his teammates played after practice.

The men from the Emerald isles are scheduled to play three Tests, five ODIs and a couple of Twenty20 internationals in India.