Player profile
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Role
- Wicketkeeper
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm off-break
- Born
- 18 Nov 1989 Age 36
- Recorded matches
- 16889 internationals
Dinesh Chandimal is a wicketkeeper from Sri Lanka with 168 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 89 internationals (42 Tests, 30 ODIs, 17 T20Is).
Batting: 5,567 runs across all recorded formats, with 5 hundreds and 32 fifties; the most runs came in Test cricket (2,790) and the highest recorded score is 206.
Career figures by format
Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.
| Format | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 42 | 73 | 2,790 | 206 | 42.27 | 52.2 | 5/19 | – | – | – | – |
| ODI | 30 | 28 | 600 | 75 | 21.43 | 67.2 | 0/3 | – | – | – | – |
| T20I | 17 | 18 | 284 | 66 | 18.93 | 104.0 | 0/2 | – | – | – | – |
| T20 (league and domestic) | 65 | 65 | 1,680 | 89 | 30.55 | 138.8 | 0/7 | – | – | – | – |
| T10 | 10 | 6 | 136 | 66 | 22.67 | 200.0 | 0/1 | – | – | – | – |
| List A | 4 | 2 | 77 | 42 | 38.50 | 77.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – |
Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.
Dinesh Chandimal at a glance
FairPlay holds 17 complete scorecards featuring Dinesh Chandimal, most recently for Dambulla Sixers (T20 and shorter, first-class).
In those matches Dinesh Chandimal batted 17 times for 349 runs at a strike rate of 88.35. The highest score was 71 off 107 balls against West Indies.
How the 16 dismissals happened: caught 12, bowled 4.
These matches were played at 8 different grounds.
Figures in FairPlay's scorecards
| 17 | 1 | 349 | 71 | 21.81 | 88.35 | 2/0 |
| Did not bowl in these matches. |
Match by match
Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.
| Date | Match | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2026 | Sri Lanka v IndiaBat 4 (16) · Bowl – | ||
| 2 Aug 2026 | Jaffna Kings v Dambulla SixersBat 44 (24) · Bowl – | ||
| 29 Jul 2026 | Colombo Kaps v Dambulla SixersBat 12 (7) · Bowl – | ||
| 26 Jul 2026 | Galle Gallants v Dambulla SixersBat 15 (17) · Bowl – | ||
| 25 Jul 2026 | Dambulla Sixers v Colombo KapsBat 2 (6) · Bowl – | ||
| 21 Jul 2026 | Dambulla Sixers v Kandy RoyalsBat 12 (7) · Bowl – | ||
| 19 Jul 2026 | Dambulla Sixers v Jaffna KingsBat 17 (18) · Bowl – | ||
| 18 Jul 2026 | Kandy Royals v Dambulla SixersBat 8 (5) · Bowl – | ||
| 3 Jul 2026 | West Indies v Sri LankaBat 1 (15) & 71 (107) · Bowl – | ||
| 25 Jun 2026 | West Indies v Sri LankaBat 54 (67) & 43 (60) · Bowl – | ||
| 25 Apr 2026 | Quetta Gladiators v Karachi KingsBat 30* (17) · Bowl – | ||
| 19 Apr 2026 | Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta GladiatorsBat 19 (8) · Bowl – | ||
| 17 Apr 2026 | Lahore Qalandars v Quetta GladiatorsBat 3 (5) · Bowl – | ||
| 27 Nov 2025 | Northern Warriors v Royal Desert ChampsBat 7 (9) · Bowl – | ||
| 26 Nov 2025 | UAE Bulls v Northern WarriorsBat – · Bowl – | ||
| 23 Nov 2025 | Northern Warriors v Vista RidersBat – · Bowl – | ||
| 22 Nov 2025 | Northern Warriors v Deccan GladiatorsBat 7 (7) · Bowl – |
Sri Lanka's next match
Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Test Championship, 9 Nov 2026 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
The playing XI is named at the toss, so this does not mean Dinesh Chandimal has been selected.
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