Who is Dunith Wellalage ? Man who's spin fumbled Indian batting lineup
Dunith Wellalage managed to spin a web around the formidable Indian batting order in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2023
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"Sri Lanka have shot India down," said former England cricketer Dominic Cork on air after Sri Lanka's Dunith Wellalage spun a web around the formidable Indian batting order in the Super 4 round of the Asia Cup 2023 on Tuesday. Less than twenty-four hours after thrashing archrivals Pakistan in a rain-affected Asia Cup match, Rohit Sharma's Team India got off to a rousing start against defending champions Sri Lanka in the 10th match of the continental tournament.
Rohit completed 10,000 runs and was on track to play a match-winning innings against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium. With the assistance of an in-form Shubman Gill, senior opener Rohit led the Virat Kohli-led Team India to 80-0 in the first eleven overs of the innings. Gill was dismissed by a brilliant delivery from Sri Lanka's rising sensation Wellalage at a time when Rohit's team hoped to register another massive total in the Asia Cup 2023.
All you need to know about Dunith Wellalage
Wellalage, who was not even born when India and Sri Lanka shared the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002, made headlines with his bowling performance in his 13th One Day International (ODI) for the 1996 world champions. The left-handed batter and sluggish left-arm orthodox bowler attended St. Joseph's College in Colombo for his education.
The left-arm orthodox bowler, born in Colombo on January 9, 2003, made his international debut against Australia at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in 2022. Wellalage has only played one Test for Sri Lanka (against Pakistan), but his trajectory is extremely promising. He has claimed 16 wickets in international cricket for Sri Lanka.
Wellalage led Sri Lanka's U-19 squad to victory at the previous U-19 World Cup. Wellalage began his season with five-wicket hauls against Australia and Scotland. The Sri Lankan teenager was among the best performers at the U-19 World Cup. He claimed 17 wickets for Sri Lanka in the ICC event. Additionally, the all-rounder scored 264 runs to emerge as Sri Lanka's leading scorer in the competition.
Wellalage scored fifty against Australia during the U-19 World Cup. In the U-19 World Cup, against South Africa, the promising young talent played an unforgettable innings of 113 runs and returned figures of 1/29. Wellalage was one of three players who joined Sri Lanka's World Cup qualifying roster as standby players.
