Sri Lanka Dhammika Niroshana Dead: AÂ very shocking news has come out from Sri Lanka. The country’s former cricketer Dhammika Niroshana was shot dead in front of his family members. This tragic incident took place last Tuesday (16 July) at Dhammika Niroshana’s house in Ambalangoda. The cricket world is in mourning due to this incident.Â
All the local media reports in Sri Lanka said that when this incident happened, the former cricketer was present at home with his wife and two children. The person who allegedly killed the former Sri Lankan captain used a 12 bore gun. As soon as the information about the case was received, the police sent the body for post-mortem. However, it is not yet clear why Dhammika Niroshan was shot. After committing the incident, the accused fled from the spot.
Let us tell you that Dhammika Niroshan played first class and under-19 cricket for Sri Lanka. He played his debut match against Singapore in 2000. Dhammika Niroshan also captained the team on many occasions. Niroshan was a fast bowler and took 7 wickets in 5 innings of the 2002 Under-19 World Cup at an average of 19.28.Â
Such was the career of Dhammika Niroshan
It is worth noting that Dhammika Niroshan played 12 first class and 8 List-A matches in his career. He played his last first class and List-A match in 2004. In first class, Dhammika took 19 wickets at an average of 26.89, in which his best innings was 4/33. Apart from this, Niroshan also scored 269 runs in 19 first class innings, in which his highest score was 47* runs.
Apart from this, in List-A, he took 5 wickets at an average of 29.40, in which 2/18 was his best. Apart from this, he scored 48 runs while batting in 3 innings, in which the highest score was 27 runs.
