‘We lost everything’ when the tsunami struck Sri Lanka, says Dinesh Chandimal

"I can still remember what happened like it was yesterday, the way our home was caught up and lost"

“I can still remember what happened like it was yesterday, the way our home was caught up and lost”

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Boxing Day is usually associated with holidays, family and happiness. But, for Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal, December 26 has dark connotations as it was the day that he “lost everything” when a tsunami ravaged through his town in 2004.

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SLC demand USD 30,000 from PCB for hiring aeroplane after terrorist attack on national team

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“The Sri Lankans had hired a chartered flight to fly out of Lahore after their players were attacked by militants and they hired an airbus for this purpose at a cost of around USD 30,000”

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have called on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to pay them USD 30,000 for having to hire an aeroplane to fly the national team back home after they were attacked by armed insurgents in Lahore in March 2009.

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