Dinesh Chandimal

A bizarre selection mix-up in the Pakistan Super League saw a replacement player feature alongside the one he was meant to replace. Quetta Gladiators mistakenly included both Dinesh Chandimal and Bevon Jacobs in their Playing XI due to a late illness to Tom Curran, causing social media outrage.

Battered in the first Test by India at Galle, the beleaguered Sri Lankan team is set to receive a slight boost in its bid to bounce back in the three-Test series.

Sri Lanka on Monday recalled former skipper Dinesh Chandimal into a 22-member squad led by Dasun Shanaka for a six-match series against South Africa. Chandimal, 31, was dropped after a disappointing tour of the West Indies in March. He missed series against England and India.

Sri Lanka is set to name a new ODI captain next week, replacing current skipper Thisara Perera either with Angelo Mathews or Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said.

When Sri Lanka took lunch at 108/5, trailing India by 84 runs, it appeared that things could quickly go downhill on a surface that was assisting spin.

The incident happened towards the end of the Indian first innings, when Bhuvneshwar Kumar pushed the fourth ball of the 53rd over - bowled by Dasun Shanaka - through the cover region where Chandimal was stationed.

Indian team is all focussed on Dinesh Chandimal with leg-spinner Amit Mishra vowing not to allow a repeat show by Sri Lanka batsman in second Test.

Sri Lanka stand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal admitted a woeful batting performance in the first innings cost his team the first Test against England at Galle International Stadium.

A few days back, both KL Rahul and Dinesh Chandimal were busy gulping medicines while watching India hammer Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle. While 'KL' was suffering from fever, Chandimal was struck by pneumonia.

Pakistan's captain Sarfraz Ahmed has dismissed claims by the Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal that the Islanders' recent two-match Test series win over them in the UAE was due to witchcraft.

Sri Lanka's stand-in-skipper Dinesh Chandimal won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against England on Friday.

Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Young Dinesh Chandimal will lead Sri Lanka in the first two of the five ODIs against visiting South Africa in an stop-gap arrangement in the absence of regular captain Angelo Mathews.

Dinesh Chandimal-led Sri Lankan squad today arrived for their six-week tour of India, which starts here with the first of the three-Test series, beginning on November 16.

Allrounder Angelo Mathews has been appointed Sri Lanka's Test and ODI captain, replacing Mahela Jayawardene, for a period of one year.

Sri Lanka might have arrived in India after recording a 2-0 'away' Test series win against Pakistan, but the Dinesh Chandimal-led side is well aware of the fact that playing India in their own backyard represents a far bigger challenge.

Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal was fined 20 per cent of his match fee while his team-mates were docked 10 per cent of their earnings for maintaining a slow over-rate during the team's Twenty20 International against New Zealand in Pallekele.

Sri Lankan cricket selectors today named four teams comprising the cream of national cricketers to play in a new Twenty20 tournament with an aim of nominating a side to compete in the Champions League T20 to be held in India in September.

Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal on Thursday appealed against the ICC's decision to suspend him from the third Test of the ongoing tour of the West Indies due to ball-tampering.

Sri Lankan batters Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal achieved career milestones during the second Test against England at Lord's. Karunaratne became the fourth-highest run-scorer for Sri Lanka, and Chandimal moved to the seventh spot. England won the match by 190 runs, with notable contributions from Joe Root and Gus Atkinson.

Dinesh Chandimal and Charith Asalanka smashed half-centuries as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by five wickets in the first one-day international on Sunday.

Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to field in the first T20I of the three-match series against India on Thursday.

An upset Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal on Sunday admitted that his side was completely outplayed by India in the second Test, primarily due to their "disappointing" batting effort in the first innings in Colombo.

The 18-member Sri Lanka Test squad, led by star batter Dimuth Karunaratne and featuring veterans such as Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal, checked in here on Friday for the two-match series against India starting March 4 in Mohali.

Senior Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene and off-spinner Rangana Herath have been rested for the one-day series against Bangladesh starting February 17.

Dinesh Chandimal struck his fourth successive half-century to drive Sri Lanka's total before Pakistan hit back with late wickets on Sunday's opening day of the second Test at Galle.

Both Jayawardene and Malinga are currently playing in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa.

In the absence of regular skipper Angelo Mathews and vice-captain Dinesh Chandimal, left-hander batsman Upul Tharanga has been appointed to lead Sri Lanka in the ODI triangular series in Zimbabwe, which also involves West Indies.

It took a lot longer than they would have liked after reducing SL to 108/5 at lunch, but India bowled out the hosts for 367 to set themselves 176 to win the first Test.

Sri Lankan selectors left out Lasith Malinga and all-rounder Angelo Mathews from the 16-member squad for the three-match Test series in England.