A Date to Remember: 18 September 2025:-
Dunith Valla Lage This 22-year-old Sri Lankan cricketer will never forget the date 18 September 2025. Valla Lage himself would not have imagined that he would have to face so much in his very first international tournament. In which Afghanistan’s most experienced batsman hit five consecutive sixes on his five balls. Before Valla Lagala could recover from this shock, another bad news came.
Five Sixes in One Over Shatter Confidence:-
The match ended and it was revealed that Villa Lagla’s father had died. It was claimed that Vilage’s father died of shock after being hit by his son for five sixes. At present, this will be known in the post-mortem report. But some videos of this news have surfaced. When Velange was sitting wearing pants for batting. Meaning the match was about to end. Then Sri Lankan coach Sanad Jayasuriya comes and puts his hand on Vellage’s shoulder and gives him the news of his father’s death. Velage then walks out with an officer.
Tragic News: Father Passes Away During Match:-
Mohammad Nabi is seen leaving the stadium with his trolley bag along with a fellow player. Then someone comes and tells him that the father of the youth on whom he had hit five sixes is no more. After this incident the entire cricket world is in mourning.
Heroic Spell Against Indian Giants:-
12 March 2023 Asia Cup When great Indian batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat were dancing on the fingers of a 20 year old boy. That boy was none other than Duneet Vallala. In this match, India batted first, scored 213 runs and won. But Duth Valla became the hero of the match because despite the defeat he was chosen as the man of the match. What did Vella Lagala do? He first bowled out Shubman Gill. Then he trapped Virat Kohli in his spin web and dismissed him. Then Rohit Sharma was sent to the pavilion. KL Rahul was bowled by a quarter-wicket haul and Hardik Pandya was also dismissed for just five runs.
Batting Brilliance Against Top Bowlers:-
That means he took five wickets in 10 overs and gave only 40 runs. Well, that didn’t stop there. When it was Sri Lanka’s turn to bat, the entire team was on its knees in front of bowlers like Bumrah and Siraj. But Vellala stood alone ahead. He remained firm and scored 42 runs in 46 balls. Although the team did lose, but by the end of the match, everyone from the players playing on the field to the veterans sitting outside were praising Willge and calling him the star of the future. This is why he was given the man of the match award after the team lost. While batting in this match, Bellalage also played many good flick shots.
Cricketing Roots and Early Journey:-
Regarding which he said that before the match the watched Dhoni’s batting reels and took inspiration from it and played such shots. Well, if we talk about the life of Vellage, then Vellage, born on 9 January 2003 in Colombo, learned cricket in his childhood from his father Suranga because his father himself had been a wicketkeeper batsman in college cricket. Since Suranga used to play cricket, he wanted his son to also become a cricketer. Initially, Will liked to bat ahead. Like everyone else does, he used to hit long shots with the tennis ball. But whenever he was given the ball in school, he used to bowl well. When Velage’s father realized that he was better at bowling than batting, he advised Velage to concentrate on bowling. However, Velage also continued to bat. Vela had a good record in school. Selected in the Under 13 team at the age of 13.
Breakthrough at U-19 World Cup 2022:-
In 15 years he reached Under 15 and then Under 19. During that time, in one match, he took four wickets in eight overs and scored 30 runs. Due to which the team achieved a difficult target. In the 2022 Under-19 World Cup, Duni took five wickets in the first match. In the semi-final, he batted and scored 113 runs. He topped the tournament with 17 wickets and was the highest run-scorer for Sri Lanka in the tournament with 264 runs.
Impressive International Stats:-
About Dhoni’s record, he has played five T20 matches for Sri Lanka in which he has taken seven wickets. He has taken 39 wickets in 31 ODIs and also scored 386 runs. He has also made his Test debut. Val Large played only one Test match in which he scored 29 runs. Now the question is whether Dunni will be seen in the remaining matches of the Asia Cup or not?Because Sri Lanka has reached the top four.