July 08: Magician Jayasuriya’s debut; record of Dickwella and Gunathilaka
On This Day in 2017, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka became the first pair to get back-to-back 200-run opening stands. Both Dickwella and Gunathilaka added 209 runs for the first wicket against Zimbabwe in the 4th ODI of the 5-match series. Previously, they made 229 runs for the first wicket in the 3rd ODI of the series.
On This Day in 2017, Niroshan Dickwella scored 116 runs against Zimbabwe and became the 7th Sri Lankan to score two consecutive hundreds in ODI matches.
Nissanka scored two consecutive ODI hundreds, Who are the other?
On This Day in 2022, Three Sri Lankans made their debut in Test Matches. They are Maheesh Theekshana, Prabath Jayasuriya, and Kamindu Mendis, who got lucky to represent Sri Lanka.
