66-482: Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal ( Sinhala : ලොකුගේ දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල් ; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team . A handy right-handed middle order batter who sometimes plays as the wicket-keeper, Chandimal lead Sri Lanka in the group stages of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in which Sri Lanka ended up as the champions. On 26 September 2019, he joined
132-783: A supposed former abundance of lions on the island. According to the chronicle Mahāvaṃsa , written in Pali, Prince Vijaya of the Vanga Kingdom and his entourage merged in Sri Lanka with later settlers from the Pandya kingdom . In the following centuries, there was substantial immigration from Eastern India, including additional migration from the Vanga Kingdom (Bengal), as well as Kalinga and Magadha . This influx led to an admixture of features of Eastern Prakrits. The development of Sinhala
198-653: A Dravidian origin for this word. ), dola for pig in Vedda and offering in Sinhala. Other common words are rera for wild duck, and gala for stones (in toponyms used throughout the island, although others have also suggested a Dravidian origin). There are also high frequency words denoting body parts in Sinhala, such as olluva for head, kakula for leg, bella for neck and kalava for thighs, that are derived from pre-Sinhalese languages of Sri Lanka. The oldest Sinhala grammar, Sidatsan̆garavā , written in
264-610: A further eight suspension points with maximum possible punishment for their spirit of cricket offence and suspended for four ODIs as well. Chandimal has made 20 international centuries - 16 in Test cricket , and 4 in One Day International (ODI) format. On 26 December 2004, Dinesh was just a 14-year-old boy when his family home was destroyed by the Indian Ocean Tsunami tragedy . He still frequents Balapitiya , to memorialize
330-510: A mammoth first innings total of 506 and finally won the series 2–0. In the Australian Test series in July 2022, Sri Lanka suffered a huge defeat, where the match ended in three days. Chandimal scored 0 and 13 in the match. However, on 9 July 2022, he scored a brilliant unbeaten 205 runs in the second Test and Sri Lanka posted a total of 554 courtesy of Chandimal's double hundred. With that, he became
396-722: A period of prior bilingualism: "The earliest type of contact in Sri Lanka, not considering the aboriginal Vedda languages, was that which occurred between South Dravidian and Sinhala. It seems plausible to assume prolonged contact between these two populations as well as a high degree of bilingualism. This explains why Sinhala looks deeply South Dravidian for an Indo-Aryan language. There is corroboration in genetic findings." In addition to many Tamil loanwords , several phonetic and grammatical features also present in neighbouring Dravidian languages set modern spoken Sinhala apart from its Northern Indo-Aryan relatives. These features are evidence of close interactions with Dravidian speakers. Some of
462-473: Is a conspicuous example of the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia . Sinhala ( Siṁhala ) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan ( Eḷu ) word is Sīhala . The name is a derivative of [[[:wikt:सिंह|siṁha]]] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script ( help ) , the Sanskrit word for 'lion'. The name is sometimes glossed as 'abode of lions', and attributed to
528-584: Is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka , who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Sinhala is also spoken as the first language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totalling about 2 million speakers as of 2001. It is written using the Sinhala script , which is a Brahmic script closely related to the Grantha script of South India. Sinhala
594-479: Is divided into four epochs: The most important phonetic developments of Sinhala include: According to Wilhelm Geiger , an example of a possible Western feature in Sinhala is the retention of initial /v/ which developed into /b/ in the Eastern languages (e.g. Sanskrit viṁśati "twenty", Sinhala visi- , Hindi bīs ). This is disputed by Muhammad Shahidullah who says that Sinhala Prakrit branched off from
660-412: Is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka, alongside Tamil . Along with Pali , it played a major role in the development of Theravada Buddhist literature. Early forms of the Sinhala language are attested as early as the 3rd century BCE. The language of these inscriptions, still retaining long vowels and aspirated consonants, is a Prakrit similar to Magadhi , a regional associate of
726-472: Is the same as that used at the 2009 tournament. Team seed in brackets. The Super 8s stage consists of the top two teams from each group of the group stage. The teams are split into two groups, Groups E and F. Group E will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group F will consist of the top seed from Groups B and D, and the second seed of groups A and C. The seedings used are those allocated at
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#1732884069881792-473: The 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament . The following month, he was also named as Colombo's captain for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament . In August 2018, he was named as Colombo's captain for the 2018 SLC T20 League . On 19 February 2019, Chandimal scored a century in the 2018–19 SLC Twenty20 Tournament , a day after he was dropped from Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa . In March 2019, he
858-700: The Middle Indian Prakrits that had been used during the time of the Buddha . The most closely related languages are the Vedda language (an endangered, indigenous creole still spoken by a minority of Sri Lankans, mixing Sinhala with an isolate of unknown origin and from which Old Sinhala borrowed various aspects into its main Indo-Aryan substrate), and the Maldivian language . It has two main varieties, written and spoken, and
924-608: The Sri Lankan Army as a volunteer commissioned officer and was eligible to play for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club . In August 2020, while playing for the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club, Chandimal made the highest score in domestic first-class cricket in Sri Lanka, with an unbeaten 354 runs against Saracenc CC. Chandimal started his cricketing career as a teenager at his first school Dharmasoka College , Ambalangoda . Later he moved to Ananda College , Colombo captaining
990-576: The UNESCO National Commission of Ceylon According to Wilhelm Geiger , Sinhala has features that set it apart from other Indo-Aryan languages. Some of the differences can be explained by the substrate influence of the parent stock of the Vedda language . Sinhala has many words that are only found in Sinhala, or shared between Sinhala and Vedda and not etymologically derivable from Middle or Old Indo-Aryan. Possible examples include kola for leaf in Sinhala and Vedda (although others suggest
1056-464: The 13th century CE, recognised a category of words that exclusively belonged to early Sinhala. The grammar lists naram̆ba (to see) and koḷom̆ba (fort or harbour) as belonging to an indigenous source. Koḷom̆ba is the source of the name of the commercial capital Colombo . The consistent left branching syntax and the loss of aspirated stops in Sinhala is attributed to a probable South Dravidian substratum effect. This has been explained by
1122-700: The Eastern Prakrits prior to this change. He cites the edicts of Ashoka , no copy of which shows this sound change. An example of an Eastern feature is the ending -e for masculine nominative singular (instead of Western -o ) in Sinhalese Prakrit. There are several cases of vocabulary doublets , one example being the words mæssā ("fly") and mækkā ("flea"), which both correspond to Sanskrit makṣikā but stem from two regionally different Prakrit words macchiā (Western Prakrits) and makkhikā (as in Eastern Prakrits like Pali ). In 1815,
1188-683: The England series in 2016 and then in Australia series at home. He scored five consecutive ODI half centuries, which equals most consecutive ODI fifties by a Sri Lankan with Jayasuriya, Sangakkara and Dilshan. He missed the Sri Lankan record, when he was declared LBW by Adam Zampa on 48, just short of 2 runs for Chandimal's sixth consecutive fifty. Chandimal finished the England series with scores of 52, 62, 63 and 53 and in first ODI against Australia, he scored his fifth consecutive fifty with unbeaten 80. Chandimal
1254-624: The Indian tour. On 17 July 2013, Chandimal became the youngest ODI captain for Sri Lanka, when he was appointed as the ODI captain for first two matches against South Africa in Colombo. In 2013, he was also appointed captain of the Sri Lanka Twenty20 International side and also vice-captain of the country's one day international team. During the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 , he stepped down from
1320-820: The Maroons. Chandimal married his longtime partner Ishika Jayasekara on 1 May 2015 in Colombo . In October 2020, he was commissioned as a Major in the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force attached the Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps . Sinhala language Sinhala ( / ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə , ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə / SIN -hə-lə, SING -ə-lə ; Sinhala: සිංහල , siṁhala , [ˈsiŋɦələ] ), sometimes called Sinhalese ( / ˌ s ɪ n ( h ) ə ˈ l iː z , ˌ s ɪ ŋ ( ɡ ) ə ˈ l iː z / SIN -(h)ə- LEEZ , SING -(g)ə- LEEZ ),
1386-582: The Sri Lanka Cricket XI and Schools Invitation XI for List A and Twenty20 cricket. During the 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, he was bought for $ 50,000 by the Rajasthan Royals . Later, he signed a contract with Chittagong Vikings to play in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League for the Chittagong Vikings . In March 2018, he was named as the captain of the Colombo squad for
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#17328840698811452-629: The West Indies at Lord's, 1987 against Australia and 1992 against Pakistan – and a loss in the 2004 Champions Trophy final to the West Indies on home soil. Australia batted first and scored 147 runs for the loss of six wickets, with David Hussey 's top score of 59 proving crucial after England had reduced the Aussies to 8/3 after 2.1 overs and then removed captain Michael Clarke . England bettered Australia's total with 18 balls to spare, reaching 148 runs for
1518-439: The ball within the space of a few seconds. Two on-field umpires Ian Gould , Aleem Dar , television umpire Richard Kettleborough and match referee Javagal Srinath observed the incidence carefully and charged him with one Test ban and two demerit points. At the end of match, the hearing with match referee Javagal Srinath, his team management and other match officials took place with Chandimal and he wasn't able to recall what it
1584-579: The captaincy after injury and suspension due to slow over rate and later Lasith Malinga appointed as the captain. Malinga was able to lead the team for their first ever Twenty20 champion title and this strengthen Malinga as the permanent captain of the Twenty20 team. He led the ODI team and T20I team in many occasions, where the permanent captains Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga were injured in many occasions. However, after many poor performances in bilateral series and in 2017 ICC Champions Trophy , Chandimal
1650-614: The double century against Australia. However he was not in the part of squad in the tour of India in 2022. The second test match against New Zealand at Wellington , Chandimal scored a half century and made 126 run partnership for 5th wicket with Dhananjaya De Silva , but finally New Zealand won by an innings and 58 runs. He later scored a fifty against Pakistan and Sri Lanka won the match by 246 runs. Due to his performances Chandimal selected to Wisden World Test Championship XI: WTC 2021- 2023. On 3 February 2024 against Afghanistan , Chandimal scored his 15th test century, where he made 232 for
1716-431: The fact that the incident has informed the next morning. If the incidence was announced on the last night, the situation might be different, as said by the players. With that, Srinath took a decision and asked Sri Lanka to take the field before 11:30 am (the scheduled start had been 9:30), or forfeit the game. Players finally agreed to play the match "under protest". The Match referee awarded West Indies five penalty runs in
1782-566: The fastest Sri Lankan to reach ten test centuries with 80 innings, bettering previous record of 84 innings by Thilan Samaraweera . He along with Angelo Mathews had a 181-run partnership in the match. For the partnership, they have faced 476 balls, which ranked as the longest partnership for any pair at the Kotla, longest partnership between a visiting pair in India in the last five years, and the second-longest stand for Sri Lanka against India. In 2018, Mathews
1848-489: The features that may be traced to Dravidian influence are: ඒක ēka it අලුත් aḷut new කියලා kiyalā having-said මම mama I දන්නවා dannavā know ඒක අලුත් කියලා මම දන්නවා ēka aḷut kiyalā mama dannavā it new having-said I know "I know that it is new." ඒක ēka it අලුත් aḷut new ද da Q කියලා kiyalā having-said මම mama I දන්නේ 2010 ICC World Twenty20 The 2010 ICC World Twenty20
1914-515: The first Sri Lankan to score a double century against Australia. Finally Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 39 runs, marking Sri Lanka's first-ever innings victory in Test cricket against Australia. The series finally ended in draw 1-1 and shared the Warne-Murali Trophy. Chandimal was a part of the team in 6 test matches in 2022, batted 10 innings and scored 719 runs averaging 102.71 including
1980-527: The first innings. Eventually, Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 154 runs and rises to the third in the World Test Championship table . During the second Test against West Indies at St. Lucia on 17 June 2018, Chandimal was found to be guilty of making ball tampering incidence. After video evidence indicated that on the second day's play, Chandimal was taking sweets out from his left pocket, putting them in his mouth, before applying saliva to
2046-567: The fourth wicket along with Angelo Mathews , who also made his 16th test century. With the two centuries, Sri Lanka piled a total of 439 and eventually won the one-off test series by 10 wickets. Chandimal was promoted to the number 3 position in the batting order with New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka in September 2024. In the second Test against New Zealand, Chandimal scored his 16th century and his fourth 50-plus score in eight Test innings while batting at No. 3, where Sri Lanka posted mammoth 602 runs in
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2112-625: The initial group stage and then playing against Australia in the "Super Eight" final series. After also playing against New Zealand in a Twenty20 International match in Florida, Chandimal was selected for an ODI tri-series in Zimbabwe, where the two sides also played India . He made his debut against Zimbabwe, scoring an unbeaten 10 as his side cruised to a nine-wicket win and then registered his maiden international century by scoring 111 runs off 118 balls against India, an innings that helped his side both win
2178-590: The island of Ceylon came under British rule . During the career of Christopher Reynolds as a Sinhalese lecturer at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London , he extensively researched the Sinhalese language and its pre-1815 literature. The Sri Lankan government awarded him the Sri Lanka Ranjana medal for his work. He wrote the 377-page An anthology of Sinhalese literature up to 1815 , selected by
2244-666: The match (by six wickets) and knock India out of the tournament. He also became the youngest Sri Lankan to score an ODI century. Chandimal made his Test debut for Sri Lanka in December 2011, in the second Test of the series against South Africa in Durban . He made half-centuries (58 and 54) in each of Sri Lanka's innings becoming the first Sri Lankan batsman to score half centuries in both innings on Test debut . This incidentally led Sri Lanka to their first Test win in South Africa. Chandimal
2310-407: The match after the incident. On 11 July 2018, ICC concluded its hearing on the trio, who had pleaded guilty to a level three spirit of cricket offence. His hearing took place before the start of the first Test against South Africa , with him found guilty. He received a two-match ban, with Suranga Lakmal captaining the side in his place. On 16 July 2018, independent Judicial Commissioner handed down
2376-429: The match and guided the team to 400 runs for the first innings. With the magical spin from maestro Rangana Herath and Dilruwan Perera , Sri Lanka finally won the match by 21 runs, despite a low score in the second innings. On 6 October 2017, against Pakistan, Sri Lanka played their first day-night Test match. Chandimal scored 62 in the first innings, but dismissed for naught in the second innings. However, Sri Lanka won
2442-455: The match and the series. Later the same month, Chandimal was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup . On 26 May 2022 during the second test match against Bangladesh , Chandimal scored his twelfth Test century, where he made 199-run partnership for the sixth wicket with fellow centurion Angelo Mathews, the highest between the pair in Tests. With two centuries, Sri Lanka piled
2508-406: The match by 64 runs. Chandimal was included to the test series with India as the permanent wicket-keeper and showed an excellent talent in the test level as well. In the first innings, he scored 59 runs but eventually Sri Lanka were all out for 183. In the second innings after India's huge 375 runs, Sri Lanka were all out for 367 runs courtesy of Chandimal's brilliant knock of unbeaten 162 runs. He
2574-447: The match by 68 runs and won the series 2–0. With that, Chandimal had the distinction of being first captain in Sri Lanka's first day-night Test, and went to win the match. During the second Test against India at Nagpur, Sri Lanka experiences their heaviest defeat in test cricket. Skipper Chandimal was the only stand out performer in the match with two fifties in the match. In the third Test, Chandimal scored his tenth test century, becoming
2640-460: The morning when two umpires asked to change the ball used the previous day with a new ball. Sri Lankan players did not accept that and refused to go into the field for the match. The incident got worse when coach Chandika Hathurusinghe and manager Asanka Gurusinha were also involved in the moment with the match referee and umpires. Over the next two hours, several animated discussions took place between management and cricket officials, largely due to
2706-501: The most catches for Sri Lanka in a single T20I. During 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup , against Australia in Sydney , Chandimal scored 50 off 22 balls, this was the fastest fifty by a Sri Lankan batsman in Cricket world cup history, before Angelo Mathews scored a 20-ball fifty, where Sri Lanka had a massive 377 target to chase. During the innings, he was retired hurt, and eventually Sri Lanka lost
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2772-484: The one-off Test against Zimbabwe in July 2017. In the match, Chandimal scored 55 in the first innings, which is recorded as the highest test score by a debut captain in a first innings for Sri Lanka as well. Sri Lanka won the match by 4 wickets at the end, by chasing massive total of 388 runs. This chase was recorded as the best chase by Sri Lanka in Tests and best successful chase in Asia. However prior to India tour , Chandimal
2838-483: The record for the most dismissals as wicketkeeper for Sri Lanka in Youth ODI history with 51 dismissals and also the only Sri Lankan wicketkeeper to involve in 50+ dismissals in Youth ODI history. In First class career, he scored 64, 04, and 109 in his first three innings for Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI. He is an aggressive batsman who scored two centuries for his country's U-19s, which he vice-captained, and played for
2904-511: The scheduled ICC Champions Trophy , One Day International tournament to be held in the West Indies in 2010 was revised to a Twenty20 format because the 2008 Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan was postponed due to security concerns and there was a need to correct the international cricketing tournament calendar. This ICC World Twenty20 took place only 10 months after the last one. As before,
2970-447: The semi-finals and final from the women's event. This competition also saw Afghanistan make their first ever appearance in a major ICC international cricket tournament, and was made even more remarkable as at the time they only held Affiliate Membership and subsequently became the only Affiliate member ever to compete in a major ICC international cricket tournament. Teams from every ICC Region : The ICC World Twenty20 qualifier
3036-538: The squad for Bangladesh and India tours, citing poor performances. Later he asked SLC and its technical committee for clarity about his future in the national team. However, after the impressive performances in the SLC Invitational T20 League , he was included into squad for the South African series in September 2021. He played the third game of the series, which became his 150th ODI and Sri Lanka later won
3102-625: The start of the tournament and are not affected by group stage results, with the exception of if a non-seeded team knocks out a seeded team, the non-seeded team inherits the seed of the knocked-out team. The final, played in Barbados on 16 May 2010, featured the game's oldest rivalry less than six months before the Ashes in Australia. England won by seven wickets with three overs to spare to seal its first International Cricket Council world championship after losses in three World Cup finals – 1979 against
3168-430: The teams as follows: In case of a tie (i.e. both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over decides the winner. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament. Within each group (of both group and Super Eight stages), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria: The groups were announced on 4 July 2009. The initial four group format
3234-615: The tournament featured 12 teams – the Test-playing nations and two qualifiers. Matches were played at three grounds – Kensington Oval in Bridgetown , Barbados; Providence Stadium in Providence, Guyana ; and Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet , Saint Lucia. The tournament was organised in parallel with the women's tournament, with the men's semi-finals and final each being preceded by
3300-474: The tragic incident which devastated his family. Chandimal's younger brother Kamesh Nirmal is also a cricketer. During second round of the Inter School Under-17 Division I tournament in 2017, Kamesh scored a match winning century against St. Xavier's College, Marawila and Ananda won the match by 129 runs. Following his brother's foot steps Kamesh scored a brilliant century in the 89th Battle of
3366-585: The under-17 team. In 2008, he was appointed captain of the school's first eleven, which he led in 13 outright wins in a season, re-writing history in Sri Lankan school cricket. He was the first schoolboy cricketer to exceed 1,000 runs with an aggregate of 1,580, and won the Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Award in 2009. After leaving school, he joined the Nondescripts Cricket Club . Chandimal has
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#17328840698813432-505: Was a key member of 2012 ICC World Twenty20 runner-up team and 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team. He led Sri Lanka in first group stage of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 , until was suspended for slow over rate and subsequently lost the place in the team for the remainder of the tournament. Chandimal holds the joint record for taking the most catches in a single T20I as a fielder (4) along with Darren Sammy , Ajinkya Rahane , Peter Borren , Corey Anderson and Babar Hayat . He too has taken
3498-460: Was appointed as the captain for T20I side for Sri Lanka for Bangladesh tour, due to injury of permanent limited over captain Angelo Mathews . Under his captaincy, Sri Lanka chased a record breaking total of 193 in the first match and won the match by 6 wickets. In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season. Chandimal
3564-480: Was appointed as the permanent limited over captain after the debate over few weeks. However, in the first match against Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Tri-series , Mathews was sidelined with a right hamstring injury and removed from the squad for three weeks. With that, Chandimal was appointed as the captain. Under his captaincy, Sri Lanka won the tri-series beating Bangladesh in the final. On 7 February 2018, Chandimal
3630-410: Was appointed limited overs captain after Matthews was sacked after 2018 Asia Cup . Due to poor performances throughout New Zealand and Australia tours, Chandimal was dropped from the Test squad for South Africa tour . Dimuth Karunaratne was named as the stand-in captain for the tour, while Chandimal was released to play domestic cricket and regain his form with the bat. In December 2019, Chandimal
3696-479: Was contracted pneumonia and ruled out of the first test. Rangana Herath was appointed as the stand-in captain in the first match. However, with two more injuries during the match, Sri Lanka lost the match by 304 runs. Sri Lanka lost all three games, with the heaviest defeats recorded at home. During the first Test against Pakistan on 28 September at Abu Dhabi, Chandimal scored his maiden Test century as captain, which lasted unbeaten for nine hours. He scored 155 runs
3762-709: Was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League . In August 2021, he was named as the captain of the SLC Reds team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. In July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League . He made his international debut during the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies , playing in Sri Lanka's group games against New Zealand and Zimbabwe in
3828-452: Was dropped from limited over squads. During Zimbabwe tour, he was again dropped from the ODI squad as well. However, after terrible loss to Zimbabwe at home for the first time, the captaincy of Mathews was questioned and criticized by many critics. The result was, Mathews stepped down from the role in all formats on 11 July 2017. With that, Chandimal was named permanent captain of the Test team for Sri Lanka. His first test captaincy came during
3894-459: Was in mouth when he polish the ball with saliva. As a result, match referee handed Chandimal the maximum punishment available under the ICC Code of Conduct, which was two suspension points and a fine of 100% of his match fee. However, before finishing the match, Chandimal pleaded not guilty to the ball-tampering incident and this caused trouble at the start of Day 3 of a test match. This was started in
3960-570: Was included to the one-off Twenty20 International against South Africa on 14 August 2018. He played as the wicket-keeper in the match as well. South Africa bowled out for 99 runs, which is their lowest score in T20Is. However, Sri Lanka lost 7 wickets in the easy chase, where Chandimal protected his end until the end. He was there at the end and held firm through sustained pressure from the South African pack to see Sri Lanka home with an unbeaten 36 runs. He
4026-413: Was named as Colombo's captain for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament . In August 2020, in the final round of matches in the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament , Chandimal scored 354 not out , batting for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club . It was the highest first-class score in a domestic match in Sri Lanka, beating the previous record of 351 runs scored by Kithuruwan Vithanage . In October 2020, he
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#17328840698814092-408: Was not initially selected for the limited over series against India, but after the injury to Danushka Gunathilaka , Chandimal was brought into the ODI side. He played in the third ODI as the opener with Niroshan Dickwella and scored 37 runs, when he hit by a bouncer and injured his right thumb. After the conclusion of Sri Lanka's innings, media reported that he has a hairline fracture and ruled out of
4158-404: Was recalled for the Pakistan test series. On 8 March 2021, Sri Lanka tour of West Indies , during 3rd T20I match Chandimal scored his fifth T20I half century. He scored unbeaten 54* runs and put an unbeaten stand of 85 from 63, Sri Lanka's highest in T20Is for the fifth wicket, with Ashen Bandara . They had dragged the Sri Lanka team to 46 for 4 to 131 for 4. After the series, he was dropped from
4224-408: Was the star for the Sri Lankan innings with 16 fours and 4 sixes. Sri Lanka had a 175 lead and India were just ended with 112 runs and Sri Lanka won the match by 63 runs. Due to Chandimal's batting performance in the right time, he was adjudged as man of the match. His third ODI century came after five years of delay, against Ireland on 16 June 2016. Chandimal had an impressive run scoring throughout
4290-570: Was the third edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup , formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20 , an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies between 30 April and 16 May 2010. It was won by England , who defeated Australia in the final. Kevin Pietersen was named as player of the tournament. Although the tournament was held every two years beginning in 2007,
4356-455: Was won by Afghanistan who defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in the final with both sides qualifying for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. This was the first major tournament Afghanistan qualified for, while leading associates the Netherlands and Scotland failed to qualify this time. All matches were played at the following three grounds: During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to
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