The extent of Rauf's injury is not clear. The PCB statement that confirmed the injury said, "He was subsequently taken for a precautionary MRI, which revealed no tear. He is under the observation of the team's medical panel."

As a result, for the rest of the India innings in Colombo, Pakistan will have to make do with the three pace options in Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Faheem Ashraf, with Shadab Khan their lead spinner and a combination of Iftikhar Ahmed and Agha Salman's part-time offspin.

Rauf bowled five wicketless overs and conceded 27 runs on Sunday but brought some sense of control to an innings in which India's openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored half-centuries and put on 121 in a flying start. Pakistan fought back to dismiss both and control the run rate but India were 147 on board for the loss of two wickets.