West Indies’ cricketer Solozano suffers head injury; stretchered off field 

West Indies debutant Jeremy Solozano was stretchered off the field after receiving a nasty on the head while fielding in the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium on Sunday. 

During the first day of the first Test of the ongoing West Indies’ tour of Sri Lanka, West Indies batsmen Jeremy Solozano suffered a serious head injury.  

Jeremy Solozano was playing his first Test— fielding at forward short leg. Although he was wearing a helmet, but the speeding ball went through the net of Solozzano’s helmet.

🚨Injury Update 🚨 Debutant Jeremy Solozano was stretchered off the field after receiving a blow to his helmet while fielding.

He has been taken to the hospital for scans. We are hoping for a speedy recovery 🙏🏽#SLvWI pic.twitter.com/3xD6Byz1kf

— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) November 21, 2021

The debutant was positioned in the short leg region when the incident occurred.

The incident happened in the 24th over of the match when Sri Lanka’s captain Dimukh Karunaratne hit a hard shot off Roston Chase. The rear part of his helmet came off after he was struck by the ball. 

After the incident, Solonzo lay still on the ground for a while; he was conscious and responsive. After a brief examination by medical staff, Solozano was carried on the stretcher to an awaiting ambulance, which rushed him to a nearby hospital.  

Further details about his conditions are awaited.

Check out the unfortunate incident here: 

Not a good sign: Jeremy Solozano is being stretchered off the field as the ambulance rushes in around the sidelines... The West Indies head coach is ambling towards the medical staff to get an update. #SLvWI #WIvsSL #WestIndies #SriLanka #Solskjaer pic.twitter.com/R1ijAcyp4E

— Vijay Nagarajan (@vijay_view) November 21, 2021

The West Indies team is playing a two-Test series in Sri Lanka.