Dhammika Niroshana
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| Full name | Hinidumage Dhammika Niroshana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 February 1983 Galle, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 July 2024 (aged 41) Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2000 | Sri Lanka U-19s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Singha Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Galle Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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