Sri Lanka international Dinesh Chandimal made a hard-fought 132 for Galle in the National Super League 4-Day Tournament 2024/25.
Colombo won the toss at Dambulla and put Galle in to bat first. Chandimal walked out at No.3 inside the first over when Oshada Fernando fell for a duck.
Colombo kept chipping away but Chandimal stood firm, finally finding a willing partner in captain Ramesh Mendis, who came to the crease with the score reading 102-5. The two forged a 119-run partnership before Chandimal fell, edging behind off part-time leg-spinner Sanoj Darshika.
Chandimals’ 132 came off 195 balls and included 14 fours and a six. Galle, the only unbeaten side in the competition, finished the first day on 265-7.
Chandimal has captained Sri Lanka in 19 Tests, as full-time skipper from 2017 to 2019 before filling in for two games in early 2021. Established as one of his country’s most reliable modern batters, he has hit a rich recent vein of form, averaging 55.31 since the start of 2022 with five hundreds, including a career best 206* against Australia. This overturned a poor stretch before that, making no hundreds between 2019 and 2021 and averaging just 22 in that time.
