Sri Lankan fielders collide trying to save boundary, stretched off the field

In what proved to be a surprising and disheartening occasion in Thiruvananthapuram, Sri Lankan fielders Jeffrey Vandersay and Ashen Bandara collided at mid-wicket boundary trying to save a boundary off a pull shot from Virat Kohli in the third ODI of the sequence.

The occasion occurred on the fifth ball of the 43^rd over. Kohli rolled his arms over a brief supply and set the ball operating in the direction of the boundary. The fielders ran in from deep sq. leg and deep mid-wicket and collided with severe pressure to let the ball meet the boundary cushion.

Physio and others ran in instantly after Jeffrey Vandersay and Ashen Bandara collided. AP

The Sri Lankan staff physio got here out onto the field in a flash and checked up on each gamers. Eventually, each gamers have been taken again on stretchers.

The replays confirmed that Bandara’s knee went into Vandersay’s tummy. The complete Sri Lankan staff attended to them at the boundary line to test in the event that they have been okay.

The Indian camp as effectively had involved faces, together with Rahul Dravid and different teaching workers. The medical workers of the Indian camp as effectively was seen serving to and aiding the Lankan gamers.

Vandersay appeared to give you the option to get on his toes however was ultimately taken again on a stretcher. Bandara had a neck brace on however didn’t appear to have misplaced his consciousness.

Paramedics carried Ashen Bandara on a stretcher with a neck brace after the collision. AP

In what would have been an thrilling second as Kohli moved to 99 with that boundary, the scenario turned fairly tense.

Dunith Wellalage and Dhananjaya De Silva have been known as in as substitutes for the injured fielders.

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