Rajeev Shukla has heaped praise on Sri Lanka's emerging batting star Sonal Dinusha after his impressive run in the ongoing Test series against India. The BCCI vice-president compared the 25-year-old left-hander with legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar and backed him to become a quality Test player for Sri Lanka.
Dinusha has certainly given Rajeev Shukla plenty of reason to be impressed. After scoring 100 and 84 in the first Test at Galle, the Sri Lankan all-rounder followed it up with another century in Colombo, scoring 103 in the second Test. His consistency against India has made him one of the standout performers of the series.
Sonal Dinusha has made an extraordinary start to his Test career against India. After registering a century and an 84 in the first Test, the 25-year-old followed it up with 103 off 162 balls in Sri Lanka's first innings of the Colombo Test.
Dinusha's century helped Sri Lanka fight back after India declared on 503/9. He reached the three-figure mark with a boundary against Prasidh Krishna before eventually being dismissed by debutant Saransh Jain. His innings contained eight fours and three sixes.
The achievement also placed Dinusha in an exclusive group. He became only the third batter in Test history to score at least 80 in each of his first three Test innings against India, joining West Indies great Everton Weekes and Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas. The previous instance before Dinusha came in 1978.
His back-to-back hundreds have also put him alongside some of Sri Lanka's most celebrated batters. Aravinda de Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Tharanga Paranavitana and Angelo Mathews have previously produced consecutive Test centuries against India. Dinusha's performances are particularly notable because he is still at the beginning of his international career.
BCCI official Rajeev Shukla compares Sonal Dinusha with Sachin Tendulkar
Sonal Dinusha's performances have also caught the attention of senior figures in Indian cricket. BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla took to X to praise the Sri Lankan batter after his latest century.
Drawing a comparison with one of India's greatest-ever batters, Shukla wrote:
"This Sonal of Srilanka is an amazing player. Looking like Tendulkar. Can be a wonderful test player in international cricket. @OfficialSLC"
This Sonal of Srilanka is an amazing player. Looking like Tendulkar. Can be a wonderful test player in international cricket. @OfficialSLC
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) August 27, 2026The comparison comes after Sonal Dinusha repeatedly impressed against India's bowling attack. His ability to occupy the crease while also finding boundaries has made him a difficult batter to dismiss.
Sri Lanka has found a brilliant player called Sonal Dinusha - Avishka Gunawardene
Former Sri Lanka batter Avishka Gunawardene also identified Dinusha as one of the major positives from the series despite India's dominance. Speaking to ANI, Gunawardene backed the youngster to become an important player for Sri Lankan cricket.
"You can always talk about the results, but obviously I take the positives out of it. Sri Lanka has found a brilliant player called Sonal Dinusha and the way he's batting, I think he's going to be a handful for Sri Lanka cricket," Gunawardene said.
Gunawardene also pointed to the emergence of off-spinner Keshara Nuwantha as another encouraging development for Sri Lanka.
"We just played a new off-spinner (Keshara Nuwantha) who looks good. So there are quite a few positives other than the results, but needless to say India has dominated and is dominating this Test series," he added.
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