Dhammika Niroshana Explained

Dhammika Niroshana
Fullname:Hinidumage Dhammika Niroshana
Birth Date:1983 2, df=y
Birth Place:Galle, Sri Lanka
Death Place:Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast-medium
Country:Sri Lanka
Club1:Sri Lanka U-19s
Year1:2000
Club4:Galle Cricket Club
Year4:2003–2004
Club2:Singha Sports Club
Year2:2001–2002
Club3:Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Year3:2003
Columns:2
Column1:First-class
Matches1:12
Runs1:269
Bat Avg1:14.94
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:47*
Deliveries1:874
Wickets1:19
Bowl Avg1:26.84
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:4/33
Catches/Stumpings1:4/–
Column2:List A
Matches2:8
Runs2:48
Bat Avg2:16.00
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:27
Deliveries2:204
Wickets2:5
Bowl Avg2:29.40
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:2/18
Catches/Stumpings2:0/–
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/dhammika-niroshana-49822 Cricinfo

Hinidumage Dhammika Niroshana (22 February 1983 – 16 July 2024) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his debut for the Sri Lanka Under 19s against Singapore in 2000. He continued playing Under 19 Test and ODI cricket for two years (captaining the side on ten occasions, but winning only one match) before making his senior First-class debut; for the Sri Lanka Schools XI. He went on to appear in domestic Sri Lankan cricket for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and Galle Cricket Club. He was an old boy of Sri Devananda College, Ambalangoda.

Niroshana played as a bowler, with a healthy bowling average of under 30 in First-class, List A and both Under 19 forms of the game.

Niroshana was murdered on 16 July 2024, when he was shot dead in front of his home in Kandewatte, Ambalangoda. He was 41.[1]

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  1. https://www.newswire.lk/2024/07/16/former-sl-u-19-cricketer-dhammika-niroshana-shot-dead/ Former SL U-19 cricketer Dhammika Niroshana shot dead