Dasun Shanaka, a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and former limited-overs captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team, has recently sparked accident rumors.
The rumors started circulating after some people speculated that Dasun Shanaka passed away in December 2024 after an accident.
Furthermore, many believe that Dasun Shanaka suffered a life-threatening accident back in October 2023, which took his life a year later.
On the other hand, some believe it to be fake as no official announcement about his demise has been made.
However, Dasun Shanaka seems completely fine despite speculations, as seen in his recent Instagram post.
Dasun Shanaka recently shared a picture of himself near a waterfall on December 22, 2024, with the caption “Blessed 🌎💙” silencing the rumors about the accident and demise.
He also shared a picture of him celebrating Christmas on his Instagram Stories.
Although he had no accident recently, in 2023, Dasun was sidelined from the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan due to a right muscle injury.
However, it didn’t take him long to recover from his injury and return to his cricket journey.
Dasun Shanaka has been showcasing his exceptional cricket skills for years!
Dasun Shanaka is one of the most talented cricketers in the Sri Lankan team.
Moreover, he has appeared in several Domestic, International, and T20 matches, winning several honorable titles, including ACC Asia Cup and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
In May 2016, Dasun scored a century against Leicestershire County Cricket Club in a first-class match on the tour of England.
Similarly, he became the vice-captain of Galle’s squad for the 2017-18 Super Four Provincial Tournament in March 2018.
With his amazing cricket skills, it didn’t take him long to excel in his career, so he started playing for the Montreal Tigers in the Global T20 Canada tournament.
He soon joined Kandy’s squad for the 2018 SLC T20 League, where he was the leading run-scorer for Kandy in the tournament, scoring 312 runs in six matches, including a century in Kandy’s final match.
Moreover, in October 2018, he joined the Chittagong Vikings team following the 2018-19 Bangladesh Premier League draft.
Dambulla Viiking drafted Dasun for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League in October 2020.
Talking about his international career, He joined Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 International squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015.
He made his T20 debut on August 1, 2015, as the 58th T20 cap for Sri Lanka.
Dasun made his Test debut for Sri Lanka on 19 May 2016 against England on the same tour.
Furthermore, Shanaka began his captaincy journey in September 2019 as the captain of Sri Lanka’s T20 squad for the series against Pakistan in Pakistan.
Under his captaincy, Sri Lanka won their first T20 by 64 turns; Shanaka led Sri Lanka in winning all three T20s against Pakistan.
Dasun Shanaka continues to contribute his exceptional effort to helping Sri Lanka win several honorable titles at the international level.
In the heat Shanaka is in his career, it is not uncommon for news like accidents to surface.
In case you didn’t know
- Dasun Shanaka was born Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka on September 9, 1991 in Negombo, Sri Lanka.
- He married his long-term girlfriend, Chevanthi, on September 5, 2020. Their wedding took place at the Avanra Garden Hotel in Negombo.
- In September 2022, Shanaka captained Sri Lanka in the 2022 Asia Cup twenty20 series held in the UAE.
