Chandimal withdraws from Chattogram Test

Dinesh Chandimal has withdrawn from the Sri Lanka Team currently playing in the second and final Test match against Bangladesh with immediate effect due to a ‘family medical emergency.’  
Accordingly, Chandimal will return home immediately.  
“Sri Lanka Cricket, his teammates, and the coaching staff fully support Chandimal at this moment of need and request that the public respect his and his family’s privacy,” a SLC Media Release stated yesterday.  
Chandimal made 59 in the first innings, contributing to his team’s strong total of 531. He was one of his team’s six batters to have scored a half century during Sri Lanka’s exceptional team total, a rare record.  
Despite a mammoth first innings total, none of their batters made a century, making it the highest-ever total in a Test innings without a hundred.