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Danushka Gunathilaka

Danushka Gunathilaka
Personal information
Full name Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka
Born (1991-03-17) 17 March 1991 (age 25)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
Nickname Danu
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off-break
Role Opening batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 166) 1 November 2015 v West Indies
Last ODI 4 September 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 70
T20I debut (cap 60) 7 January 2016 v New Zealand
Last T20I 5 July 2016 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009/10 – 2010/11 Colombo Cricket Club
2011/12 – 2013/14 Sinhalese Sports Club
2011/12 – 2014 Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 16 5 37 77
Runs scored 377 91 1,677 2,204
Batting average 25.13 18.20 27.95 35.54
100s/50s -/3 -/- 1/9 3/17
Top score 65 46 152 106*
Balls bowled 150 6 3159 1126
Wickets 5 0 57 32
Bowling average 28.40 - 28.71 26.46
5 wickets in innings - - 2 1
10 wickets in match - - n/a
Best bowling 3/48 0 6/70 5/28
Catches/stumpings 7/- 2/- 33/0 44/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 September 2016

Danushka Gunathilaka (born Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka on 17 March 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is the current opening batsman of Sri Lanka who plays with partner Kusal Perera.He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Colombo. He was born in Panadura. He studied at Mahanama College, Colombo 03.

Gunathilleke made his cricketing debut in the 2007–08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament for Sri Lanka Schools, alongside fellow Colts Cricket Club player Kusal Perera.

Gunathilleke made his List A debut for Colombo Cricket Club against Sinhalese Sports Club in 2009–10, scoring a single run.

He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against the West Indies on 1 November 2015.

After Kusal Perera dropped from the 2015-16 New Zealand tour due to drug scandal, Gunathilaka was included to the ODI squad for opening position with Tillakaratne Dilshan. His batting ability did not show in the first two ODIs, but in the third ODI, which was his only 4th international match, Gunathilake scored a fast and dashing 65 runs from 45 balls. The innings included 7 fours and 4 sixes and getting the match away from New Zealand. Sri Lanka won the match by 8 wickets and Gunathilake adjudged man of the match for his performance.

During the same tour, he made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on 7 January 2016.


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