Dinesh Chandimal News

Scoring five individual centuries in a single Test match is a rare and remarkable achievement in cricket history. Only six teams have accomplished this batting feat, with dominant performances spread across decades.

Dickwella, along with Wellalage, would see through the remainder of the day, as Sri Lanka headed to stumps at 315/6.

Dimuth Karunaratne made 52, while Kusal Mendis (48) and Dhananjaya de Silva (33) Dickwella and Chandimal forged a 99-run partnership

The incident happened in the fourth over of the Indian innings during the second T20I against Sri Lanka when a 146 kmph delivery hit Kishan on his helmet while the batter was trying to play a pull shot.

Team India will take on Sri Lanka in first of three T20 internationals in Lucknow on Thursday (February 24). Skipper Rohit Sharma needs just 37 more runs to become highest run-getter in T20 international. In these collection of pictures, we bring you stats preview of first India vs SL T20.

The hosts, however, rode on vital contributions by their batsmen – particularly the troika of Dinesh Chandimal, Pathum Nissanka and Charith Aslanka to easily reach 300/5 with nine balls remaining.

Dambulla Giants defeated Colombo Stars by 1 run in the Lanka Premier League on Saturday. Batting first, Dambulla Giants posted a total of 138 for 9 in their 20 overs.

Left hanging on 99 overnight, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite completed his ninth Test century to place his team in a strong position at stumps on the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Brathwaite needed only two balls at the start of the day to reach his first century since July 2018. Brathwaite was the 16th player in test history to be stranded on 99 overnight and he maintained a streak as all 16 have been converted into hundreds. Brathwaite's 103-run eighth-wicket partnership with Rahkeem Cornwall helped the West Indies to 354 as it batted first after losing the toss. At stumps, Sri Lanka was 136-3, 218 runs behind. We take a look at best of the action from the second day's play of the second Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies.

Skipper Joe Root had a fantastic outing with the bat as he completed a double century in the first encounter and followed it up with another fine century at Galle, the venue for the second Test. The calm and composed English batsman was on top of his game both with the bat and in the field.

Dinesh Chandimal scored unbeaten 354 for Sri Lankan Army in a Premier League Tier A match against Saracens SC at Katunayake Dinesh Chandimal's mammoth score that included 9 sixes and 33 boundaries, took the Sri Lankan Army to reach 642 for eight wickets on the second-day play A hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman, Dinesh Chandimal has played some match-winning knocks showing immense potential in the short time that he has spent with the SL team

Opener Dimuth Karunaratne will lead the 16-member full-strength Sri Lanka squad in the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan, beginning December 11 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Hours after naming second string squads for their proposed tour, Sri Lanka Cricket had said in a statement that they need to "reassess" their plan after receiving a warning from the Prime Minister's Office about a possible terror threat to the team.

All-rounder Angelo Mathews has also been picked up for the first Test against New Zealand after recovering fully from a hamstring injury that forced him to miss the series against South Africa, ESPNcricinfo reported. 

Proteas supremacy has been built around a fierce fast-bowling attack and lively wickets, the opposite of the conditions they faced when they lost 0-2 in Sri Lanka last July.

Chandimal scored just 24 runs at an average of 6 as Sri Lanka suffered a 0-2 Test series defeat in Australia, extending the team's winless run to seven matches.

Kusal Perera did not return to bat for the touring side after being hit on his helmet and leaving the field.

Chandimal was of the view that the pitch for Manuka Oval's debut Test match resembled the ones back home, known to be low on bounce and provide assistance for slow bowlers.

Resuming at 17-1 Saturday, Sri Lanka’s hopes of saving the match were dealt a heavy blow when Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis fell in consecutive overs from Cummins at the start of the day.

Pat Cummins and Jhye Richardson were the pick of the Australian bowlers, as Sri Lanka was bundled out in just 56.4 overs.

India justified their top ranking by beating Tim Paine's men 2-1 earlier this month, ending their agonising 71-year wait for a test series victory in Australia.