Pasindu Sooriyabandara stepped into Dinesh Chandimal's role in the team. Chandimal suffered an injury while he was actively fielding. They rushed him for a hospital scan in short order. Sooriyabandara ended up making his Sri Lanka debut next. This took place in the second innings. The first Test was Sri Lanka versus India at Galle. He appeared as the concussion sub.
His debut proved fleeting. He saw just one ball. Then he got out for a duck. Pasindu Sooriyabandara has hit 4,893 runs. That was covering 68 first-class matches.