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Sachith Pathirana

Sachith Pathirana
Personal information
Full name Sachith Shanaka Pathirana
Born (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 (age 27)
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Nickname Sachiya, Podda
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 165) 15 July 2015 v Pakistan
Last ODI 10 February 2017 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 10
T20I debut (cap 67) 6 September 2016 v Australia
Last T20I 9 September 2016 v Australia
T20I shirt no. 10
Domestic team information
Years Team
Colombo CC
2012 Kandurata Warriors
Kandy Youth Cricket Club
2014 Ragama CC
2012-2014 Ruhuna Royals
Sri Lanka Under-19s
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 14 2 59 69
Runs scored 292 8 2,191 1,323
Batting average 29.20 4.00 25.47 26.46
100s/50s 0/1 -/- 2/11 -/8
Top score 56 6 117 90*
Balls bowled 633 41 8,474 2,845
Wickets 13 3 194 89
Bowling average 44.69 22.66 29.08 24.06
5 wickets in innings 0 0 15 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 2 0
Best bowling 3/37 2/23 7/49 5/20
Catches/stumpings 4/– -/- 39/- 19/-
Source: ESPNricinfo, 10 February 2017

Sachith Shanaka Pathirana, or commonly Sachith Pathirana (born 21 March 1989), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays One Day Internationals, Twenty20 Internationals, and domestically in First class, List A and Twenty20 matches. He is a former student of Trinity College, Kandy.

Pathirana is the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in U19 ODIs with a total of 64 wickets in 23 matches.

He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 15 July 2015. He took 2 wickets for 54 runs. Together with Dinesh Chandimal, they put on a 50-run partnership, which helped Sri Lanka to win the match. Pathirana scored 33 runs in his first match. He made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 6 September 2016.

Pathirana scored his maiden ODI fifty on 10 February 2017 against South Africa at Centurion. However, his score was not enough for the team's victory and Sri Lanka lost the match by 88 runs and also the series 5–0.


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