Dinesh Chandimal
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Full name | Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Balapitiya, Sri Lanka |
18 November 1989 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Chandi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, Wicketkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Ishika Jayasekara (wife) (m.2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 122) | 26–29 December 2011 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 10-14 December 2015 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 144) | 1 June 2010 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 5 Janaury 2016 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 33) | 30 April 2010 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 10 January 2016 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–present | Nondescripts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–present | Ruhuna (squad no. 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Rajasthan Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 10 January 2016 |
Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal (Sinhalese: දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්) (born 18 November 1989), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former T20 International captain for Sri Lanka. A handy and agile right-handed batsman and a skillful wicket-keeper in all formats, Chandimal was a key member of 2012 ICC World Twenty20 runner-up team and 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team.
He led the 2014 World Cup winning team in first group matches, until he suffered from an injury to left out of the captaincy.He is the first Sri Lankan captain to lose his place and the captaincy due to bad performance. Later he lost his place in the team.[1] After sequence of good attacking performances in 2014, Chandimal back included to the squad as a permanent middle order batsman.
Contents
Personal life
On 26 December 2004, Dinesh was just a 14-year-old boy, his family and home was destroyed by Tsumani tragedy. He lost his house by this incident. He still frequents Galle, where they all devastated to memorize tragic incident.[2][3]
Chandimal is married to his longtime partner, Ishika Jayasekara. The wedding was held on 1 May 2015 at The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo[4][5][6]
School cricket
Chandimal started his cricketing career as a teenager at Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda. Later he moved to Ananda College, Colombo captaining its 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, rewriting the history of Sri Lankan school cricket. He was the first schoolboy cricketer to exceed 1,000 runs, with an aggregate 1,580 runs, and won the Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Award in 2009. On leaving school, he joined the Nondescripts Cricket Club.
First class cricket
He scored 64, four and 109 in his first three innings for the Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI.[7][8] He is an aggressive batsman who scored two centuries for his country's U-19s, which he vice-captained,[9] and plays for the Sri Lanka Cricket XI and Schools Invitation XI for List A and Twenty20 cricket.[1]
International cricket
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 the initial group stage and then playing against Australia in the "Super Eight" final series.
After also playing against New Zealand in a Twenty20 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 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. On debut he made half-centuries (58 and 54) in each of Sri Lanka's innings. He became 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.[10]
In 2013 he was appointed captain of the Sri Lanka T20 side and also vice-captain of the country's one day international team. During the 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, he was bought for $50,000 by the Rajasthan Royals,[11] but did play in any of their matches in 2012. During the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, he was forced to stepped down from the captaincy after injury and bad performance 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.
During 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, against Australia in Sydney, Chandimal scored 50 off 22 balls, was the fastest fifty before Angelo Mathews scored 20-ball fifty, by Sri Lankan batsman in Cricket world cup history, where Sri Lanka had a massive 377 target to chase. During the innings, he was retired hurt, and eventually Sri Lanka lost the match by 64 runs.[12]
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2014 Incheon | Team |
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 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. But he failed to score anything after that match.[13]
International centuries
Test centuries
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
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1 | 116* | Bangladesh | 6 | 1 | 1/2 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Home | 9 March 2013 | Drawn | [14] |
2 | 102 | Bangladesh | 6 | 2 | 2/2 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Home | 17 March 2013 | Won | [15] |
3 | 100* | Bangladesh | 5 | 2 | 2/2 | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | Away | 4 February 2014 | Drawn | [16] |
4 | 162* | India | 6 | 2 | 1/3 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Home | 14 August 2015 | Won | [17] |
5 | 151 | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1/2 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Home | 15 October 2015 | Won | [18] |
ODI centuries
Dinesh Chandimal's One Day International centuries | ||||||||
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No | Runs | Match | Against | H/A/N | City/Country | Venue | Date | Result |
[1] | 111 | 2 | India | Neutral | Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | June 5, 2010 | Won |
[2] | 105* | 6 | England | Away | London, England | Lord's Cricket Ground | July 3, 2011 | Won |
Awards
Test Cricket – Man of the match awards
- In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping
# | Series | Season | Match Performance | Result |
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1 | 1st Test – India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2015 | 1st Innings – 59 (77 balls, 9x4) ; WK 1 Ct. 2nd Innings - 162* (169 balls, 19x4, 4x6) ; WK 1 St. |
Sri Lanka Won by 63 runs[19] |
One Day Internationals - Man of the Match awards
S No | Opponent | Venue | Date | Match Performance | Result |
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1 | India | Harare Sports Club, Harare | 5 June 2010 | 111 (118 balls: 6x4, 5x6) | Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets.[20] |
2 | England | Lord's, London | 3 July 2011 | 105* (126 balls: 11x4, 2x6) | Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets.[21] |
3 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 2 March 2012 | 75 (84 balls: 3x4, 2x6) | Sri Lanka won by 9 runs.[22] |
4 | South Africa | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 23 July 2013 | 43 (51 balls: 4x4, 0x6) | Sri Lanka won by 17 runs.[23] |
5 | Pakistan | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 27 December 2013 | 64* (70 balls: 1x4, 1x6) | Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets.[24] |
Notes
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- ↑ http://magazine.lankahelp.com/2012/03/10/lesser-known-facts-about-dinesh-chandimal/
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-sri-lanka-2014-15/content/story/813239.html
- ↑ http://gossip.hirufm.lk/4451/2015/04/dinesh-chandimal-wedding-day-held-on-may-1st.html
- ↑ http://www.photo.gossiplankanews.com/2015/05/dinesh-chandimal-wedding.html
- ↑ http://gallery.egossip.lk/2015/05/dinesh-chandimals-wedding-day.html
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- ↑ http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/cricket-news/70776/australia-vs-sri-lanka-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015-live-cricket-score
- ↑ http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=2195
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- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-sri-lanka-2013-14/engine/current/match/690349.html
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-india-2015/engine/match/895773.html
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2015-16/engine/match/915773.html
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- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/452150.html
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/474469.html
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/518967.html
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/635654.html
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/657645.html
External links
- Player profile: Dinesh Chandimal from ESPNcricinfo
- Dinesh Chandimal's profile page on Wisden
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