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Dasun Shanaka

Dasun Shanaka

Sri Lanka
All Rounder
Right Handed & Right-arm medium 33 yrs.

Dasun Shanaka is a right-arm all-rounder known for his steady pace bowling and hard-hitting batting technique. The Negombo born all-rounder had to work really hard at the domestic level to find his way in the national team. Even though his domestic figures were not up to the mark, showcasing his potential along with some three-dimensional performances were enough to convince the selectors.


After playing a few seasons with the Sinhalese Sports Club, Shanaka was handed his maiden T20I call-up against Pakistan in August 2015. One of the highlights of his career came during a T20I match in Pune against India where he picked 3 crucial scalps of MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Suresh Raina and ended with figures of 3 for 16. He played some handy cameos for Sri Lanka in the 2016 World T20 tournament and in the same year was handed his Test cap.


Further Dasun got the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka in all the formats of the game but failed to make the most out of it. His inconsistency along with the presence of senior all-rounders in the squad kept him in and out of the squad. In September 2019 when most of Sri Lanka's prime players opted out of the tour of Pakistan over security reasons, Shanaka was named the skipper of Sri Lanka's T20I squad. He didn't disappoint and led a young bunch in inflicting a clean sweep on the then number 1 T20I team. 

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వ్యక్తిగత సమాచారం
Born September, 09 1991
Birth Place Sri Lanka
Current age 33 yrs.
Role All Rounder
Batting style Right Handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
బ్యాటింగ్ గణాంకాలు
M I N/O R BF Avg S/R HS 200s 100s 50s 4x 6s
Test 6 12 2 140 276 14.00 50.72 66 0 0 1 9 7
ODI 71 63 5 1299 1420 22.39 91.47 108 0 2 4 103 42
T20I 102 94 20 1456 1189 19.67 122.45 74 0 0 5 107 72
FC 65 89 9 3658 5099 45.72 71.73 130 0 11 19 342 121
List A 114 94 20 2320 2287 31.35 101.44 121 0 2 7 142 119
T20 128 118 28 2829 1853 31.43 152.67 131 0 3 11 208 173
బౌలింగ్ గణాంకాలు
M I O Balls Maiden R W AVG S/R E/R BEST BOWL 5 WKT 10 WKT
Test 6 8 127 762 19 431 13 33.15 58.61 3.39 3/46 0 0
ODI 71 46 176 1056 3 999 27 37.00 39.11 5.67 5/43 1 0
T20I 102 53 87 522 1 719 33 21.78 15.81 8.26 3/16 0 0
FC 65 75 570.3 3423 76 2098 64 32.78 53.48 3.67 6/69 1 0
List A 114 73 354.3 2127 18 1877 70 26.81 30.38 5.29 3/15 0 0
T20 128 76 173.1 1039 0 1583 58 27.29 17.91 9.14 4/16 0 0

Dasun Shanaka is a right-arm all-rounder known for his steady pace bowling and hard-hitting batting technique. The Negombo born all-rounder had to work really hard at the domestic level to find his way in the national team. Even though his domestic figures were not up to the mark, showcasing his potential along with some three-dimensional performances were enough to convince the selectors.


After playing a few seasons with the Sinhalese Sports Club, Shanaka was handed his maiden T20I call-up against Pakistan in August 2015. One of the highlights of his career came during a T20I match in Pune against India where he picked 3 crucial scalps of MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Suresh Raina and ended with figures of 3 for 16. He played some handy cameos for Sri Lanka in the 2016 World T20 tournament and in the same year was handed his Test cap.


Further Dasun got the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka in all the formats of the game but failed to make the most out of it. His inconsistency along with the presence of senior all-rounders in the squad kept him in and out of the squad. In September 2019 when most of Sri Lanka's prime players opted out of the tour of Pakistan over security reasons, Shanaka was named the skipper of Sri Lanka's T20I squad. He didn't disappoint and led a young bunch in inflicting a clean sweep on the then number 1 T20I team.