India suffered a huge blow after their in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan was today ruled out of the remainder of the cricket Test series against Sri Lanka due to a hairline fracture in his hand.India, who lost the first Test by 63 runs against the islanders, will be playing the second Test at P Sara Oval from Thursday.
Dhawan, who scored a century in the first innings, batted with a swollen knuckle after he dropped a catch standing at the first slip. The batsman was Kaushal Silva and bowler was Varun Aaron.
In fact, the injury was the reason that Dhawan could not play his natural game on the fourth morning as he was stuck on his overnight score for 36 balls, not being able to pack a punch in his drives.