He has fifties in his two most recent List A games in the Men’s National Super League, including a Player-of-the-Match performance in his last game, but it was a prolonged lack of form with the national side that had seen him excluded by the previous set of selectors.

Dickwella has also had his share of disciplinary issues, most notably being one of the three players, along with Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunatilake, to be banned for breaching team bio-bubble protocols in 2021.

Sri Lanka T20I squad: Wanindu Hasaranga (capt for last game), Charith Asalanka (capt for first two games), Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay