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Danushka At Cricket: Beyond the Couplings – By Michael Roberts

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FULL NAME: Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka

BORN: March 17, 1991, Panadura

AGE: 32y 196d

NICKNAMES:Dana

BATTING STYLE:  Left hand Bat

BOWLING STYLE:  Right arm Offbreak

PLAYING ROLE:  Allrounder

HEIGHT: 6ft 1in

EDUCATION: Mahanama College, Colombo

TEAMS

Sri Lanka: Colombo Cricket ClubGalle GladiatorsSchools Invitation XISouthern ExpressSri Lanka ASri Lanka Board President’s XISri Lanka Cricket Combined XISri Lanka Under-19sSri Lanka Under-23sSylhet SixersTamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

A poised, attacking left-handed opener groomed in part at Sinhalese Sports Club, DanushkaGunathilaka was plucked from the domestic system largely on potential, and drafted into Sri Lanka’s A team for the tour of New Zealand in mid-2015. He impressed on that trip, hitting two smart fifties from four innings, to finish as the team’s second-highest run-scorer.

Those performances earned him a national call-up for the home series against West Indies in November. Gunathilaka then earned a second trip to New Zealand – with the senior team this time – and despite modest returns from his first three ODIs, he struck a rapid 65 in Nelson to win a Man-of-the-Match award.

Gunathilaka was not originally part of Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2017 Champions Trophy in England, but came into it ahead of their second match thanks to an injury to Chamara Kapugedara. He made a stunning entrance, scoring 76 off 72 balls to help haul down a target of 322.

That innings was followed by a run of three fifties and a maiden hundred in the ODI series against Zimbabwe, cue a call-up to the Test side. The Test debut was a disappointment, Gunathilaka scoring 16 and 2 before falling to loose strokes in both innings.

Strong square of the wicket, particularly on the off side, Gunathilaka, who admires Kumar Sangakkara, is also a part-time offspinner. He had played in Sri Lanka’s Under-19 team in the 2009 Youth World Cup.

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DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA CAREER STATS

Batting & Fielding

FORMAT Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 8 16 0 299 61 18.68 597 50.08 0 2 32 3 6 0
ODIs 47 46 1 1601 133 35.57 1844 86.82 2 11 172 20 14 0
T20Is 46 45 0 741 57 16.46 615 120.48 0 3 78 21 21 0
FC 56 91 2 2495 152 28.03 3899 63.99 3 13 310 44 62 0
List A 141 137 15 4618 133 37.85 5570 82.90 9 32 468 86 64 0
T20s 130 127 9 2915 102* 24.70 2288 127.40 1 17 309 96 48 0

Bowling

FORMAT Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10w
Tests 8 6 198 111 1 1/16 1/57 111.00 3.36 198.0 0 0 0
ODIs 47 22 402 371 8 3/48 3/48 46.37 5.53 50.2 0 0 0
T20Is 46 12 123 155 6 2/3 2/3 25.83 7.56 20.5 0 0 0
FC 56 59 3657 1954 64 6/70 9/118 30.53 3.20 57.1 3 1 0
List A 141 66 2014 1579 45 5/28 5/28 35.08 4.70 44.7 1 1 0
T20s 130 48 683 860 31 4/21 4/21 27.74 7.55 22.0 1 0 0

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RECORDS OF DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA

10th

Unusual dismissals (obstructing the)

One-Day Internationals

3rd

Best strike rate in an innings (2.0)

Twenty20 Internationals

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Test

ODI

T20I

DEBUT/LAST MATCHES OF DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA

TEST MATCHES

Debut: Sri Lanka vs India at Galle – July 26 – 29, 2017

Last: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Christchurch – December 26 – 30, 2018

ODI MATCHES

Debut:Sri Lanka vs West Indies at Colombo (RPS) – November 01, 2015

Last:  Sri Lanka vs Australia at Colombo (RPS) – June 24, 2022

T20I MATCHES

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Debut

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Mount Maunganui – January 07, 2016

Last

Namibia vs Sri Lanka at Geelong – October 16, 2022

FC MATCHES

Debut

Ragama CC vs Colombo CC at Colombo (CCC) – February 25 – 27, 2011

Last

Sinhalese vs Badureliya at Moratuwa – August 22 – 24, 2020

LIST A MATCHES

Debut

Colombo CC vs Sinhalese at Colombo (SSC) – September 02, 2009

Last

Sri Lanka vs Australia at Colombo (RPS) – June 24, 2022

T20 MATCHES

Debut

Basnahira N vs Schls Inv XI at Colombo (Burgher) – April 21, 2008

Last

Namibia vs Sri Lanka at Geelong – October 16, 2022

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RECENT MATCHES OF DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA

MATCH Bat Date Ground Format
Sri Lanka vs Namibia 0 16-Oct-2022 Geelong T20I # 1823
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 17 11-Oct-2022 Melbourne OTHERT20
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 1 11-Sep-2022 Dubai (DSC) T20I # 1769
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 0 09-Sep-2022 Dubai (DSC) T20I # 1764
Sri Lanka vs India 1 06-Sep-2022 Dubai (DSC) T20I # 1759

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NEWS AND FEATURES ABOUT DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA

 

DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA FOUND NOT GUILTY IN SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL

The batter had remained in Australia since his arrest last November

28-Sep-2023•AAP

DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA’S SEXUAL-ASSAULT CASE: THREE OUT OF FOUR CHARGES DROPPED

The Sri Lanka cricketer has been in Sydney since he was arrested in November last year

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