Hinidumage Dhammika Niroshana (22 February 1983 – 16 July 2024) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his debut for the Sri Lanka Under 19s against Singapore in 2000. He continued playing Under 19

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and ODI cricket for two years (captaining the side on ten occasions, but winning only one match) before making his senior First-class debut; for the Sri Lanka Schools XI. He went on to appear in domestic Sri Lankan cricket for

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and Galle Cricket Club. He was an old boy of Sri Devananda College, Ambalangoda. Niroshana played as a bowler, with a healthy

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of under 30 in First-class,

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and both Under 19 forms of the game. Niroshana was murdered on 16 July 2024, when he was shot dead in front of his home in Kandewatte,

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. He was 41.

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