Dilhara Lokuhettige
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Loku Hettige Danushka Dilhara (born July 3, 1980 in Colombo
) is a Sri Lanka
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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
When he was first picked for the Indian Oil Cup in 2005, there was relative shock, as Lokuhettige was picked practically out of obscurity after moderate domestic performances. However, he proved a quality acquisition, capturing both good batting and bowling statistics. Lokuhittege had captained Colombo's Asoka Vidalaya from Under-13s to senior level.
His big break came when he joined Bloomfield and met Ruchira Palliyaguru
in 1999, who recommended him to the cricketing academy. He has Twenty-20 cricket since 2004 and was picked for the national team for the first time in July 2005. He is a powerful batsman and an accurate bowler.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
) is a Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
When he was first picked for the Indian Oil Cup in 2005, there was relative shock, as Lokuhettige was picked practically out of obscurity after moderate domestic performances. However, he proved a quality acquisition, capturing both good batting and bowling statistics. Lokuhittege had captained Colombo's Asoka Vidalaya from Under-13s to senior level.
His big break came when he joined Bloomfield and met Ruchira Palliyaguru
Ruchira Palliyaguru
Ruchira Shaman Akmeemana Palliyaguruge is a Sri Lankan first class cricketer. An allrounder, Palliyaguru bowls right arm medium pace and bats right-handed. He has over 200 first class wickets to his name and 4000 runs in a career that began back in 1989/90.He and his wife Stella have two children,...
in 1999, who recommended him to the cricketing academy. He has Twenty-20 cricket since 2004 and was picked for the national team for the first time in July 2005. He is a powerful batsman and an accurate bowler.