[2] However, in September 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Dananjaya from bowling in international matches for twelve months after his bowling action was once again deemed to be illegal, a penalty received for failing a biomechanics assessment twice within a two-year period.
[5][6] The wedding was celebrated at Ramadia Ran Mal Holiday Resort, Moratuwa and two spinners Rangana Herath and Ajantha Mendis signed as witnesses.
[7] He was selected to play for Wayamba United in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League.
In only his second match for the franchise, he took 3–18 against Nagenahira Nagas, consistently disturbing the batsmen with his flight, googly and other variations.
[8] In the 2013 IPL auctions, Dananjaya was sold to the Chennai Super Kings for his base price of $20,000.
[16] Officially a left-hand batsman and an off-break bowler, he is said to have seven variations, including the leg-break, googly, carrom ball, doosra and his stock off-spinner that had impressed national team captain Mahela Jayawardene so much in the nets as to make Jayawardene request him to be fast-tracked into the national squad.
[19] He made his debut international appearance at the age of 18 against New Zealand at Pallekele in a pool match of World Twenty20.
X-rays and MRI scans revealed that he had suffered a fracture on his left cheek bone as a result of the blow and did not play in the pool match against West Indies.
Dananjaya scored unbeaten 43 in that first innings and helped Sri Lanka swell their first-innings total to 338.
[34] In the second innings, he took two wickets and finally Sri Lanka won the match by 199 runs and sealed the series 2–0.
South Africa dismissed inside 25 overs for their lowest total in, and against, Sri Lanka as well.
The reassessment took place at the Center for Sports Science (CSS) of the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research in Chennai.
[47] Akila made his comeback return to national team during the tour of Caribbean in March 2021, after a gap of 2 years since reassessing his bowling action.
[52][53][54] Pollard also became the third overall cricketer to hit 36 runs in an over of an international match after Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh.
[50] In September 2021, Dananjaya was named as one of four reserve players in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.