Wanted: A replacement for Chandimal? | Sunday Observer

Wanted: A replacement for Chandimal?

25 November, 2018

Dinesh Chandimal is no doubt one of the most promising and specialist Test batsmen in the traditional format of cricket, but the selectors believe he could be replaced by anyone.

After he was injured in the first Test against England, his replacement (in the squad) was Charith Asalanka who did not replace Chandimal in the second Test and then Dhanushka Gunathilake was brought in as cover for the third and final Test.

Asalanka was shown the door, teased and tantalised with the hope of a Test debut which never happened.

Ironically Gunathilake does not have the Test match temperament that Chandimal possesses which is a rare ingredient in this day and age. 

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