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Asia Cup Super Four:<\/strong> Sri Lanka legend Lasith Maling heaped praises on Dinuth Wellalage after his all-round performance against India in the Asia Cup Super 4 match, saying the 20-year-old got "brilliant head on his young shoulders".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The youngster rattled down India's prolific batting order and went on to pick up maiden 5-wicket haul in Sri Lanka's 41-run loss in the Asia Cup Super Four match on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

While Sri Lanka failed to chase down India's total of 213, Wellalage capped off an excellent all-round performance by contributing 42 not out and collecting the outstanding bowling figures of 5\/40, picking up the Player of the Match award.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Malinga immediately took to X, (previously Twitter) after the match to praise Wellalage's effort and the Sri Lanka great believes the young spinner has a bright future ahead of him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It’s fair to say that Sri Lanka played with 12 players today. That’s how good Dunith was. He’s got a brilliant head on his young shoulders to go with his all-round skill set.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I believe he’s on his way to becoming the most important player for SL in ODIs for the next decade," Malinga wrote.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

However, Malinga was not the only cricketer to applaud the youngster's brilliant all round showcase, veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and former all-rounder Irfan Pathann also credited Wellalage for his performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"That ball from Wellalage to Gill is a dream ball for any spinner, but most importantly a big endorsement to the triple spin threat," Ashwin wrote on X.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pathan said: "Solid bowling from this youngster Wellalage."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

While Wellalage has only played 13 ODIs for his country thus far, the left-armer looks set to play a major role in Sri Lanka's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup campaign that commences in India next month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Wellalage first showed his class by finishing as the leading wicket-taker at last year's ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup with 17 scalps at an average of 13.58.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 20-year-old built on that promise by collecting the big wickets of Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya during his breakout spell at the Asia Cup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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