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Jayasuriya's injury worrying Sri Lanka
He injured his shoulder while fielding a shot during the Indian innings on Saturday.
Sanath Jayasuriya ignored his pain to steer Sri Lanka to a three-wicket victory against India in the opening match of the Indian Oil tri-series, but the team management was on Sunday concerned about his shoulder injury.
"Sanath's gone to Colombo this morning for a scan on his shoulder, we're hoping he'll be OK," said Michael Tissera, Sri Lanka's team manager.
"We're all awaiting a word about his injury," he said.
Jayasuriya's match-winning 43 not out steered Sri Lanka to 209 for seven Saturday after a top-order collapse, helping the home side overtake India's modest total of 205 with 10 balls to spare.
Jayasuriya, 36, needs just 33 runs to join one-day cricket's exclusive 10,000-run club, which currently includes just two batsmen -- India's Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Jayasuriya was injured when he dived to field a shot during the Indian innings Saturday, but came in to bat at No. 6 with a heavily strapped shoulder.
"The pain was immense when I went in to bat, restricting me from playing the pull or cut shots," Jayasuriya said. "But it eased gradually due to painkilling injections."
Jayasuriya benefited from the presence of Sri Lanka Cricket's Australian surgeon, David Young, in the stands.
Young helped strap the shoulder and allowed Jayasuriya to bat, even at the risk of aggravating the shoulder that he first injured three years ago during a limited-overs tournament in Morocco.
