The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla has heaped praise on the Sri Lankan middle-order batter Sonal Dinusha, who scored twin centuries in the second Test against India in Colombo.
Taking to his official X handle, Shukla wrote that Dinusha reminds him of the former Indian legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar, adding that he can be a wonderful Test batter for the Sri Lankan team.
“This Sonal of Srilanka is an amazing player. Looking like Tendulkar. Can be a wonderful test player in international cricket. @OfficialSLC,” Rajeev Shukla wrote on X.
It’s important to note that Tendulkar played 200 Tests, scoring 15921 runs at an average of 53.78 with 51 hundreds and 68 half-centuries. On the other hand, Sonal Dinusha, who made his Test debut against Bangladesh in Colombo in 2025, has accumulated 606 runs from five Tests at an average of 86.57 with three centuries and two half-centuries.
On the other hand, Indian captain Shubman Gill has also hailed the Sri Lankan batters for showing exceptional resistance on the last two days of the game. He also revealed Team India’s positives from the two-match series.
“We fielded for about 250 overs, three days consecutively, and we did everything we can. They played brilliantly. I think the batters played really well, and they had a lot of skill and a little bit of luck going their way. So I don’t think we could have done anything differently,” Shubman Gill said at the post-match presentation.
“A lot of positives for us, even learning from the opposition. I think the position that they were under, under immense pressure, and the way they came back was tremendous to see. It sort of tells us, and we were talking in lunch and at tea time, that I don’t think that we could have done (anything) differently. But in the series, a lot of positives for us. Padikkal was brilliant, KL was really good, Manav bowled brilliantly, and Prasidh in both the innings, bent their back, both the fast bowlers. So I think we did everything we can,” he concluded.
