Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva (bottom) receives medical attention during the first day of the first Test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion on 26 December – AFP  

AFP: Sri Lanka batsman Dhananjaya de Silva, who scored 79 on the first day of the first Test against South Africa, is likely to miss the rest of the two-match series through injury.

Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday said that de Silva will need about two weeks to recover from the thigh injury which would rule him out of the second and final Test starting 3 January 2021 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.

De Silva led a Sri Lanka revival before being forced off the field at the Centurion yesterday.

At stumps on the first day, Sri Lanka had scored 340-6, having recovered from 54-3 at one stage, with skipper Dinesh Chandimal hitting a top score of 85.

A board statement said de Silva suffered a “thigh strain” while batting and “will not be able to play for about two weeks”.

“The player has sustained a grade two tear on his thigh.”

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