Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha celebrates his century on the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo)
Dinusha began the series with scores of 100 and 84 in the first Test in Galle, although Sri Lanka lost that match by 165 runs. He continued his form in Colombo by scoring 103 in the first innings. Dinusha became the first Asian batter and only the fifth player overall to score at least 50 runs in each of his first four Test innings against India.
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla praised Sri Lanka batter Sonal Dinusha on Thursday after the left-hander scored fourth consecutive half-century of the series in the ongoing second Test against India at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo.
The 25-year-old has been Sri Lanka’s top batter in the two-match series, scoring 50 or more runs in each of his four innings. Apart from Dinusha and Barrington, former England captain Douglas Jardine and West Indies batters Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott also scored 50 or more runs in each of their first four Test innings against India.
The previous player to achieve the feat was England’s Ken Barrington in 1959. Shukla took to X after watching Dinusha’s batting and compared him to Sachin Tendulkar. “This Sonal of Srilanka is an amazing player. Looking like Tendulkar. Can be a wonderful test player in international cricket,” Shukla posted on X.
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