The mystery spinner even has a YouTube channel dedicated to football discussions.
Bangladesh pulled off a thrilling four-wicket win against Sri Lanka, chasing 169 with just one ball to spare in Dubai on Saturday.
Against Bangladesh, Samson wasn't even considered good enough to come inside the top seven of the line-up and that begs a question as to what is he doing in the team if he isn't good enough to come ahead of Axar Patel.
Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka led by example and smashed a belligerent hundred to set up a 49-run victory over a depleted Australia.
Paarl Royals' spinners continued to dominate at their Boland Park fortress as the hosts outclassed Joburg Super Kings by six wickets.
MI Cape Town advanced to their first-ever SA20 final after registering a thumping 39-run victory over the Paarl Royals in Qualifier 1.
Wellalage was the star of the show with a five-wicket haul inflicting a dent that the Indian team could never recover from.
Avishka Fernando scored a superb 96 and Dunith Wellalage took five wickets as Sri Lanka thumped India by 110 runs in Colombo.
Mathews made his T20 comeback for Sri Lanka in January after a three-year gap.
Spinners became India's worst nightmare in their first bilateral series defeat against Sri Lanka since 1997.
This is Sri Lanka's biggest victory over Australia in ODIs in terms of runs.
Sri Lanka's Dunith Wellalage and Harshitha Samarawickrama were named as the ICC Players of the Month for August 2024.
'Once I got my first wicket, that built up my confidence. Fortunately, I was able to take six wickets.'
Kusal Mendis overcame injury to score a workmanlike half-century that helped Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by three wickets in their rain-shortened ODI.
Pictures from the 2nd ODI between India and Sri Lanka being played in Colombo, Sri Lanka
De Silva and veteran Angelo Mathews were not included in the 16-man T20 squad but there was a place for Hasaranga.
Dasun Shanaka expressed his surprise at the unexpected turn of the wicket on Tuesday
Dunith Wellalage denied Kohli an easy time on the very pitch
Wellalage secured his first five-wicket haul at the senior international level, registering impressive figures of 5/40.
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI played between Sri Lanka and India, in Colombo, on Wednesday.
SL executed their plans well against the Indian batters, who are not the cleverest performers on rank turners, while not many are though.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI against Pakistan on Sunday?
Hasaranga too is returning from a chronic heel pain on his left leg, which forced him to miss the ongoing IPL.
Images from the Asia Cup Super 4 match between India and Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday, September 12.
Shanaka added that they would need to replicate their Super 4 performance against India if they wanted to have a chance of winning the Asia Cup.
Rohit Sharma closes in on Babar Azam at the top of the ODI rankings for batters
An injury-hit Pakistan will have the tough task of taming a high-spirited Sri Lanka when they lock horns in a virtual semi-final match in the Asia Cup 2023 match on Thursday.
Sri Lanka leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay wreaked havoc with a six-wicket haul to hand India a 32-run defeat in the second ODI match.
Rohit Sharma urged the Indian batters to have a 'serious look' at their individual plans against spin bowling.
Injury-hit Sri Lanka and South Africa seek winning start to World Cup
Proteas pacer Kwena Maphaka re-wrote the history books after South Africa's U-19 World Cup campaign concluded following their defeat in the semi-final against India.
Images from the 1st ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Friday.
Ravindra Jadeja etched a new record to his name as he became the most successful Indian bowler in the Asia Cup in the ODI format.
Mohammad Nabi's game changing 65 off 32 balls came to nothing as Sri Lanka pulled off a thrilling two-run win over an audacious Afghanistan.
Pakistan are traditionally good against spinners but Babar Azam and Co. would take the likes of promising Dunith Wellalage and company lightly at their peril.
Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Dushan Hemantha back in Sri Lanka squad
Sri Lanka have called up leg-spinning all-rounder Dushan Hemantha, while Chamika Karunaratne will be the travelling reserve player.
India's previous bilateral ODI series defeat against Sri Lanka came way back in 1997.
Kuldeep claimed a remarkable five-wicket haul in the ODI against Pakistan and followed it up with another four-wicket haul.
Australia will aim to secure a Super Eight berth when they face lower-ranked Namibia
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