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Got a chance as a replacement, broke the back of Australian batting, who is Dushan Hemantha?

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Dushan Hemantha hunted three Australian stars Pallekele: Dushan Hemantha bowled amazingly for Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup match against Australia. Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head were explosive batting. He gave 14 runs in his first over. On the very second ball of the second over, Travis Head hit Hemantha for a six but…

Ronit Sharma

By Ronit Sharma
Feb 17, 2026, 6:59 AM IST

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Got a chance as a replacement, broke the back of Australian batting, who is Dushan Hemantha?

Dushan Hemantha hunted three Australian stars
Pallekele: Dushan Hemantha bowled amazingly for Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup match against Australia. Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head were explosive batting. He gave 14 runs in his first over. On the very second ball of the second over, Travis Head hit Hemantha for a six but was out on the next ball. In an attempt to hit a big shot off leg spin Hemantha, Head played the ball with Kamindu Mendis at long off.

Marsh and Maxwell also became victims of Hemantha

In his third over, Dushan Hemantha dismissed Australia captain Mitchell Marsh. Marsh had also scored a half-century at the head. The umpire did not give Marsh LBW but Sri Lanka took DRS and got the wicket of Marsh. Hemantha also trapped Jose Inglis on the next ball but wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis missed the stumping. Dushan Hemantha bowled the last over of his spell in the 16th over. He hunted down the set Glenn Maxwell. After giving 14 runs in the first over, he gave only 23 runs in the next three overs and dismissed three key batsmen. Head and Marsh had added 104 runs for the first wicket. Maxwell was also batting well and had he stayed till the end, he could have taken Australia beyond 200.

Dushan got a chance in place of Hasranga

31 year old Dushan Hemantha was not a part of the Sri Lankan team in this tournament. He got a chance in place of injured Wanindu Hasaranga. Before this tournament, he had played only three T20 International matches. His debut was against Zimbabwe last year.

Dushan started learning cricket under the coaching of his father. His father Sujit Hemantha is also a cricket coach. His father recognized his talent at the age of 7. Dushan Hemantha was initially supposed to bowl off spin but his father made him a leg spinner.