He was fielding at short leg when a pull from Karunaratne struck the front of his 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
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Solozano lay still on the ground for several minutes after that but appeared conscious as he got medical attention and players of both teams surrounded him. He was also seen talking briefly before his forehead was covered with a towel, probably because of the heat as the mid-day sun was beating down hard.
A worried-looking Phil Simmons, the head coach, came down the dressing room stairs and stood near the boundary rope before Solozano was stretchered off the field and into the ambulance near the boundary.
Solozano, the 26-year-old left-hand batter from Trinidad, who had played 40 first-class games before this, was earlier handed his Test cap by Simmons before play and was set to open for West Indies later in the game. He had played in the 2014 Under-19 World Cup, and has also represented West Indies A. He scored 74 off 216 balls in the second of the two intra-squad “Best vs Best” matches in Antigua before the Sri Lanka tour, with lead selector Roger Harper praising his “application, patience and composure”.