Former Sri Lanka Under-19 skipper Dhammika Niroshana died on Wednesday at the age of 41 after being shot by an unidentified person outside his house, according to ESPNcricinfo.
Though scores from Phillips (52), Perera (41) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (36) took Strikers to 185/6 in their 20 overs, half-centuries from Kusal Perera (80) and Reeza Hendricks (54) helped Dambulla chase down the total with eight wickets and 13 balls in hand.
Sri Lanka's T20 World Cup 2024 campaign concluded with a commanding 83-run victory over the Netherlands at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium on Sunday (local time).
Asalanka and Mendis played crucial knocks of 46 runs respectively while spirited cameos from Dhananjaya (34) and Angelo Mathews 30 off 15 helped Sri Lanka breach the 200-run mark.
The 2014 winners succumbed to South Africa on difficult ground in New York before falling to continental rivals Bangladesh in a low-scoring thriller in Dallas.
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The 2014 champions made a tough start to their T20 WC campaign. They never found things going well on a tough batting surface as they crumbled to just 77 all out, which was chased down by Proteas, although after some fight put up by Lankan bowlers.
Nortje overcame the blues of a disappointing Indian Premier League (IPL) season and turned up in national colours with a record-breaking four-fer, the best figures by a Proteas bowler in the tournament's history, helping them bundle out Sri Lanka for just 77 runs. Proteas did face some hiccu
A scorching bowling spell by Anrich Nortje and fine supporting performances from Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj helped South Africa bundle out Sri Lanka for just 77 runs in 19.1 overs in their ICC T20 World Cup match in New York on Monday
Sri Lanka is a part of Group D along with South Africa, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Nepal. In the previous T20 WC in Australia back in 2022, Sri Lanka could not make it past the group stage, finishing at the fourth spot in group one with two wins and three losses.
Following a successful acquisition, the Colombo strikers have secured top international lineup of Angelo Perera, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Matheesha Pathirana, Chamika Gunasekara, Taskin Ahmed, Dunith Wellalage, Shevon Daniel, Allah Ghazanfar, Isitha Wijesundara, Muhammad Waseem, Shehan Fernando,