Tag: Dickwella
India on Sunday took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series after defeating Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium. ....
Debutant Pathum Nissanka scored his maiden Test century as Sri Lanka turned the tables on the West Indies on Day 4 of the first Test. Nissanka's 103, along with wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella's 96, helped the Lankans score 476 runs and post a target of 375 for the hosts. ....
Sri Lankan cricket suffered a major embarrassment on Monday after three of its players -- Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka -- were suspended for breaching the teams bio-bubble here on Sunday night. ....
Sri Lankan cricketers Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella have been suspended from international cricket for one year and domestic cricket for six months besides being fined 1 crore Sri Lankan rupees for breaching Covid-19 safety guidelines, instructions & regulations of the team management during the tour of England. ....
Sri Lankan coach Mickey Arthur has said that one-year bans on three players -- Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, and Niroshan Dickwella -- for bio-bubble breach during the UK tour earlier this year had unsettled the crucial No.3 position in the batting order, adding that if that position could be "shelved down", his team would be much better off in the ICC T20 World Cup here.....
Sri Lanka Niroshan Dickwella on Friday said the 1-0 Test series victory against Bangladesh is a positive for the country and its citizens, who have been facing immense hardships back home due to political and economic crises, with visuals of power cuts and long fuel lines making headlines globally. ....