Shanaka undergoes finger surgery

By Bipin Dani

Sri Lanka and Dambulla Aura captain Dasun Shanaka underwent finger injury surgery on Monday, it is learnt.
Shanaka had injured his right-hand middle finger in the early overs while fielding in the match against Kandy Falcons on Sunday night.  

The 31-year-old all-rounder was taken to the hospital for an X-ray and initial reports didn’t suggest any major injury and on return to the field Shanaka was keen to bat in a bid to chase down the target.

The team, however, lost the match by 39 runs.

“It is an injury to his old fracture and as a precautionary measure, the player was again taken to Nawaloka Hospital, where surgery under local anesthesia was performed by Dr. Maithri’ ‘Maiya” Gunasekera’,” one of the sources revealed.

“Shanaka has no bone fracture, it’s laceration of the middle finger over the distal interphalangeal joint, and an associated callus broken (Osteophyte split) of an old fracture between distal and middle phalanx”, the source elaborated.  

The surgery was overseen by Dambulla team doctor Namal Wijesinghe and the match-day doctor Dhanushka Dewapriya.

“Dasun’s availability for the remaining LPL matches will be decided by coach (Mickey Arthur) and our physio Lasantha Ekanayake,” one of the doctors said.

“Dasun is also keen to travel to India for the forthcoming bilateral series and hopes to be fully fit”, the doctor added.
The Sri Lankan team will leave for India on 29th December.  

Sri Lanka is scheduled to play 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs on this tour.