On this day in 2016 Sri Lanka debuted Kusal Mendis, Dasun Shanka and Dhananjaya De Silva in the ODI game against Ireland.
Dasun Shanaka had a dream start to the ODIs with five wickets and 42 runs while Kusal mendis scored a brilliant fifty. Dhananjaya De Silva had a relatively quiet game with others getting the job done.
Sri Lanka 303 for 7 (Chandimal 100*, Mendis 51) beat Ireland 216 (Porterfield 73, O’Brien 64, Shanaka 5-43) by 76 runs (D/L method)
Since the debut Mendis has played 79 ODIs while Shanka and Dhananjaya have played 25 and 48 ODIs respectively. In the same period Sri Lanka has played 93 ODIs winning only 28 games of them.