[10] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.
[17] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 22 January 2017,[18] taking a wicket with his first delivery.
He became the first slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler for Sri Lanka to take a five-wicket haul in a Test innings.
[21] His figures did not held Sri Lanka to win the match due to poor batting performances in both innings.
India won the match by an innings and 171 runs, and whitewashed Sri Lanka for the first time in tests as well.
[23] With few interruptions in the test due to air pollution, match was ended quiet early in first two days.
[24] While batting, Sandakan helped skipper Dinesh Chandimal to reach his century to 150 by hanging at the other end as the final wicket.