Sri Lanka’s best player Niroshan Dickwella has failed the doping test. Not only this, this great player has also been banned from all formats of cricket. Let us tell you, this ban has been imposed on Dickwella due to alleged anti-doping violation during the recently concluded Lanka Premier League (LPL). However, no official information has been revealed yet about how long this ban will last.

Newswire.lk quoted Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sources as saying that Dickwella could face an indefinite ban while the investigation continues. An official announcement from the board is expected soon. Dickwella was the captain of the team Galle Marvels in LPL 2024. His performance was very good throughout the tournament. The experienced player scored 184 runs in 10 innings in this tournament at a strike rate of 153.33.

Not only this, Niroshan Dickwella’s performance has been very good in international cricket as well. He has scored 2757 runs in 54 Tests for Sri Lanka at an average of 30.97 and a strike rate of 66.46. Not only this, in ODI cricket, he has scored 1604 runs in 55 matches at an average of 31.45 and a strike rate of 93.41, which includes 9 half-centuries and two centuries.

Niroshan Dickwella has scored 480 runs in 28 T20 matches at an average of 18.46 and a strike rate of 131.14. His highest score in this format has been 68 runs.

Niroshan Dickwella has been embroiled in controversy before

Let us tell you, this is not the first time that Niroshan Dickwella has been embroiled in a controversy. Earlier in 2021, he was banned for a year along with Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis due to bio-bubble violation in England. After this he was out of the team for a long time. He played his last Test in early 2023 and his last white ball international match in 2022.

Sri Lanka team recently defeated India in the ODI series. Sri Lanka’s performance in the ODI series was very good and all their players played an important role in their team’s victory. Talking about Niroshan Dickwella, he himself must be praying that he should be cleared in the doping test as soon as possible.