Dinesh Chandimal
Dinesh Chandimal — career overview
Dinesh Chandimal is a cricketer who represents Sri Lanka in international cricket as a wk-batsman and wicketkeeper (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm offbreak bowler). In international cricket Dinesh Chandimal has appeared in 90 Tests (6,361 runs at 43.27, with 16 hundreds and 32 fiftys); 157 ODIs (3,854 runs at 31.59, with 4 hundreds and 24 fiftys); 68 T20Is (1,062 runs at 19.67, with 6 fiftys). Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Dinesh Chandimal with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Sri Lanka rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 90 | 161 | 14 | 6361 | 206 | 43.27 | 12703 | 50.12 | 16 | 32 | 668 | 44 |
| ODI | 157 | 142 | 20 | 3854 | 111 | 31.59 | 5192 | 74.23 | 4 | 24 | 264 | 43 |
| T20I | 68 | 61 | 7 | 1062 | 66 | 19.67 | 1025 | 103.61 | - | 6 | 90 | 22 |
| T20 (dom.) | 69 | 62 | 7 | 1066 | 66 | 19.38 | 1030 | 103.50 | - | 6 | 90 | 22 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ODI | 157 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T20I | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 69 | - | - | - | - | -/- | -/- | - | - | - | - | - |
Wicketkeeping
| Format | Mat | Ct | St | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 90 | - | - | - |
| ODI | 157 | - | - | - |
| T20I | 68 | - | - | - |
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Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Career Milestones
Dinesh Chandimal — Career Overview
Dinesh Chandimal is a wk-batsman from Sri Lanka. Dinesh bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm offbreak and keeps wicket. Wicketkeeper-batters carry one of the most demanding workloads in the modern game: hours of concentration behind the stumps and a finishing role with the bat, often through the middle and death overs. Reflexes, footwork to spin and a calm head under pressure separate the best in this category. Sri Lanka is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 90 Tests: 6,361 runs at an average of 43.27, strike rate 50.12 (16 hundreds, 32 fiftys); 157 ODIs: 3,854 runs at an average of 31.59, strike rate 74.23 (4 hundreds, 24 fiftys); 68 T20Is: 1,062 runs at an average of 19.67, strike rate 103.61 (6 fiftys). Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Dinesh Chandimal's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Dinesh Chandimal's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.