Player: | TT Samaraweera, NT Paranavitana |
Event: | Sri Lanka in Pakistan 2008/09 |
DateLine: 6th March 2009
Director General of Sri Lankan Sports Ministry Medical Unit Geethanjana Mendis said the traumatised Lankan cricketers are being given counselling sessions for faster recovery and they are likely to be back in the field within a month. Mendis said Thilan Samaraweera's bullet in the thigh and Tharanga Paranavitana's shrapnel in the chest has been removed and they are recovering well. "Tharanga Paranavitana has been operated and Thilan Samaraweera's bullet has been removed, they are coming back to normal," Mendis said.
 
"They will completely recover soon and within one month they should be back in the field. Ajantha Mendis, who has a head injury, has been sorted out. He is also recovering very well. "Our Assistant coach Paul Farbrace is also recovering well. We have discharged Kumar Sangakkara already. Besides, other players from the team are also doing well. After there return from Pakistan we have asked them to talk and get over this. "They are with their relatives now and are being given all the comfort. Their counselling is also going on and I think very soon they will recover and will be back in action," Mendis added. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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