Sri Lanka's newest spin prodigy Lasith Embuldeniya has been ruled out for six weeks, after dislocating his finger on the first day of the Second Test against South Africa.
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The left arm spinner left the field on Day One with a blood-soaked finger, as he attempted to take Kagiso Rabada's catch off his own bowling. He underwent a surgery The same evening over the bruised finger. The 22-year-old also did Not come out to bat the following day, with the Lankans batting only until nine wickets.
Embuldeniya's injury means the Sri Lankan team will be without a frontline spinner for the second innings, with Dhananjaya de Silva being the only part-time spin bowler in the team.
He was instrumental in Sri Lanka's victory in the First Test, picking up five wickets in the second innings in the game which incidentally only marked his debut.
