Twitter concerned for Dimuth Karunaratne after he got smacked at the back of his neck

After a pretty lacklustre Day 1, Sri Lanka had another poor outing on the second day of the second Test against Australia at the Manuka Oval in Canberra as they are trailing by a mammoth 411 runs with three days remaining. All are definitely not well in the Lankan camp and their day went from bad to worse when Dimuth Karunaratne, their opening batsman, got smacked on the neck.

After the hosts amassed a humungous 534 for five in 132 overs, the Lankans started well. The left-handed Karunaratne looked determined to stave off the venom, spewed by the Aussie fast bowlers. However, the 31st over turned out to be equivalent to a nightmare for Dimuth. At that point in time, Karunaratne was batting on 46 runs from 84 balls with five boundaries.

Karunaratne taken to the hospital

Right-arm fast bowler Pat Cummins bowled the over and he hurled a vicious bouncer at the batsman at a speed of 142.5 kph. The bumper was well-directed and the batter was caught napping. He didn’t have much idea about that and subsequently took an evasive action. Unfortunately, the ball didn’t bounce much and smacked him just above the neck when he was turning back.

Everyone went silent on the ground, comprehending what had happened as Karunaratne laid on the turf. The physiotherapist was immediately called to the park and he treated the injured Dimuth, who couldn’t move an inch one bit. The 30-year-old was thereafter carried off in a stretcher. He is now in the hospital and for scans and there isn’t any further update on him as of now.

The incident would’ve reminded the Aussies of their very own Phil Hughes, who lost his life four years ago after being hit by Sean Abbott. Meanwhile, Twitter is extremely concerned for the opening batsman and the users are playing for his well-being at the earliest.

Here is how Twitter reacted

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