Cricket World Cup 2023: Dasun Shanaka Factfile

Updated: Tue, Oct 03 2023 08:45 IST
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Dasun Shanaka arrived on the international scene in T20 cricket before graduating to ODIs punctuated by a brief Test career which yielded just six matches over five years.

He enjoyed a memorable ODI debut in 2016, scoring 42 and taking a career-best 5-43 with his medium pace against Ireland.

However, he endured a miserable time during the World Cup qualifying event in Zimbabwe in June, managing just 12 runs and taking five wickets.

Captain since 2021, Shanaka needs to boost the morale of a team who were crushed by 10 wickets by India in the recent Asia Cup final on home ground in Colombo.

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Here is the factfile on Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka ahead of the Cricket World Cup which gets underway in India on Thursday:

  • Name: Dasun Shanaka
  • Age: 32
  • Playing role: All-rounder
  • International ODI career
  • Matches: 67
  • Runs: 1,204
  • Highest score: 108 not out
  • Average: 22.29
  • 100s: 2
  • 50s: 3
  • Wickets: 27
  • Best bowling: 5-43
  • Average: 34.11
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