Dinesh Chandimal Become 1st Sri Lankan Batter To Achieve Big Milestone vs Australia

Dinesh Chandimal's giant six against Mitchell Starc in 2nd Test lands on street(Twitter)!

Dinesh Chandimal on Monday became the first Sri Lankan batter to score a double hundred in Tests against Australia.

He achieved this landmark in the second and final Test against Australia at Galle on Monday.

The batter finished with an unbeaten 206 off 326 balls consisting of 16 fours and five sixes.

Day 4 started with Sri Lanka at 431/6, with Dinesh Chandimal (118*) and Ramesh Mendis (7*). Chandimal continued his amazing batting display, bringing up his maiden double hundred. With support from Ramesh Mendis (29) and Maheesh Theekshana (10), he took Sri Lanka to 554/10, giving his side a 190-run lead to his side.

Pacer Mitchell Starc (4/89) and spinner Mitchell Swepson (3/103) were the standout bowlers for the Aussies. Spinner Nathan Lyon got two, while skipper Pat Cummins got one wicket.

Earlier, Australia, electing to bat first had put 364 runs on the board. Steve Smith (145*) and Marnus Labuschagne (104) were the heroes of Australia with the bat. Smith notably brought up his first century in around 1.5 years.

Prabhath Jayasuriya was the leading bowler in the first innings, taking 6/118. Kasun Rajitha took two wickets while Theekshana and Ramesh Mendis got a wicket each.