It turned out to be a contrasting day for the opening batters for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as the Tigers roared past the islanders in the opening warm-up fixture of the Men’s Cricket World Cup on Friday.
Just when Perera and Pathum Nissanka were set to make the most of the warm-up fixture at the Assam Cricket Association stadium, Perera felt pain in his right shoulder.
It was the 10th over of the game and considering Perera’s surgery on the same shoulder last year and the left-handed batter’s importance for Sri Lanka’s campaign, he returned to the dressing room retired hurt.
