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Full name | Pinnaduwage Wanidu Hasaranga De Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Galle, Sri Lanka |
29 July 1997 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Legbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowling all-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Chaturanga de Silva (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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ODI debut (cap 180) | 2 July 2017 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 3 September 2017 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-present | Colombo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2017
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Pinnaduwage Wanidu Hasaranga De Silva (born 29 July 1997), or Wanidu Hasaranga, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team. His elder brother, Chaturanga de Silva, has also represented the national team.
He made his List A debut on 30 November 2015 in the AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament.
In December 2015 he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 26 February 2016.
He was named to Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe on 2 July 2017. In the match, he took the final three Zimbabwe wickets in the innings in consecutive deliveries, becoming the youngest bowler to take a hat-trick on debut in an ODI. He was also the third debutant in ODI history to claim a hat-trick after Bangladeshi Taijul Islam and South African Kagiso Rabada. He also became the first leg-spinner to take a hat-trick in ODI history.