Dinesh Chandimal was born on the 18th of November 1989 and is a professional Sri Lankan cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman who also plays as the wicket-keeper middle-order batsman. He was the first captain to lead Sri Lanka in their first day-night Test match.
Personal Life
Chandimal is the first child with four younger brothers in the family. Niroshan Dickwella was born in 1992, Suranga Lakmal in 1996, Kamesh Nirmal was born in 2000 and Ayesha Shashimal was born in 2005. He married his longtime girlfriend, Ishika Jayasekara on the 1st of May 2015 in Colombo. In October 2020, he was honored as a Major in the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force attached to the Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps.
Full name – Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal
Birthdate – November 18, 1989, Balapitiya
Batting style – Right-hand bat
Bowling style – Right-arm off-break
Fielding position – Wicketkeeper
Playing Role – Wicketkeeper Batter
Height – 5ft 9in
Education – Ananda College, Colombo
Relations – LK Nirmal (brother)
Profile
A hard-hitting wicket keeper-batsman, Chandimal has displayed some match-winning knocks and attracted the cricketing world’s attention. Many in Sri Lanka see Chandimal as a player for the future who has the potential to adjust his style for all forms of the game.
He follows the footsteps of Romesh Kaluwitharana for his aggressive batting and keeping style. He was a prolific batsman in school and college cricket. His constant uplifted game earned him a place in the Sri Lankan U-19 team where he showcased a century against the Indian Under-19 unit. He scored another century against the England Cricket Under-19 team which earned him a spot in the Under-19 World Cup that was played in Kuala Lumpur.
His best days came when he scored a century in a three-day match against a New Zealand team. His first breakthrough came against India when he scored his maiden ODI century.
Chandimal withstood Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Jacques Kallis, and Marchant de Lange against South Africa in 2011, and notched up the fifties in each innings to play the supporting act with perfection.
He was honored with the Emerging player of the year award in September 2012. During the same year, he went to become Sri Lanka’s youngest captain, deputizing for a regular skipper, Angelo Mathews, for the first two ODIs against South Africa. Chandimal also led the T20 side.
But his persistent poor form in 2014 did not go down well with the selectors, and he was dropped from the 15-man squad in July 2014 for the Pakistan Tests. He was then recalled to the team for the last two ODIs against England in December of the same year. He scored an unbeaten 55 in the final ODI as the Lankans made a good total of 302 runs.
In 2015, he came forward with a brilliant inning of 162 runs – 16 fours and four sixes in it. He registered himself in the record books with five consecutive 50+ scores in ODIs – bagging the fourth Sri Lankan title to do so.
Another addition to his achievements was his tenth Test century which made him the fastest Sri Lankan to get to that mark – getting there in only 80 innings.
Personal information
Full name Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal
Birthdate – 18 November 1989
Birth place – Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
Height – 1.81 meters (5 feet 11 inches)
Batting – Right-handed
Bowling – Right-arm off break
Role – Wicket-keeper–batsman
International information
National side
Sri Lanka – (2010–present)
Test debut (cap 122) – 26 December 2011 against South Africa
Last Test – 24 July 2022 against Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 144) – 1 June 2010 against Zimbabwe
Last ODI – 24 June 2022 against Australia
T20I debut (cap 33) – 30 April 2010 against New Zealand
Last T20I – 27 February 2022 against India
Domestic team information
2019–present – Sri Lanka Army
2009–2019 – Nondescripts Cricket Club
2012 – Ruhuna
2012 – Rajasthan Royals
2017 – Chittagong Vikings
2020–present – Colombo Stars
