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Thisara Perera

Thisara Perera
තිසර පෙරේරා
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Personal information
Full name Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera
Born (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 (age 27)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname Panda, TP
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role Bowling All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 115) 26 May 2011 v England
Last Test 8–12 July 2012 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 141) 24 December 2009 v India
Last ODI 31 August 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 1
T20I debut (cap 36) 3 May 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I 9 September 2016 v Australia
T20I shirt no. 1
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008—present Wayamba
2010 Chennai Super Kings
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2012 Mumbai Indians
2012 Brisbane Heat
2012 Kandurata Warriors
2013 Sunrisers Hyderabad (#16)
2014—2015 Kings XI Punjab
2015—present Rangpur Riders
2016—present Quetta Gladiators
2016—present Rising Pune Supergiants (#16)
2016—present St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2017—present Melbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 6 114 54 157
Runs scored 203 1,233 623 1,936
Batting average 20.300 17.12 22.25 19.95
100s/50s 0/1 0/5 -/- 0/8
Top score 75 80* 49 80*
Balls bowled 954 4,157 668 5,887
Wickets 11 127 35 198
Bowling average 59.36 31.40 28.65 28.06
5 wickets in innings 0 3 0 6
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/151 6/44 3/33 6/44
Catches/stumpings 1/0 49/– 17/– 65/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 September 2016

Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera,(Sinhalese: තිසර පෙරේරා; born 3 April 1989 in Colombo) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who represents Sri Lanka, Colts Cricket Club, Rising Pune Supergiants and the Wayamba Wolves. Primarily a bowling all-rounder, he is an aggressive left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, also have played as a bowler. Perera was a part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 World T20. On 12 February 2016, he joined Brett Lee to take hat-tricks in both ODI & T20I.

In Australia he is known by his nickname "panda", which was bestowed upon him by George Bailey during his stint at BBL with the Brisbane Heat, although he prefers "TP".

Thisara Perera started his cricket career as a teenager at St. Anthony's College, Wattala. He later attended the prestigious St. Joseph's College, Colombo, which has produced Sri Lankan cricketers such as Chaminda Vaas, Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne. He represented Sri Lanka at various youth levels, and was selected for the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In November 2008, he made his first class debut for the Colts Cricket Club.


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